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Friday, 22 June 2007

A Different Education - Flight Lessons

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For the past three weeks we've been holding afternoon school aboard Crystal Blues, working with primary and secondary students to improv...
Thursday, 14 June 2007

Two Birthdays In Borneo

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Lat. 02degrees 10.54north, Lon. 111degrees 40.90east We haven't moved since our last report, still at the longhouse on Sungai Tulai, but...
Thursday, 7 June 2007

Sungai Tulai Has Become Home For A While

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Lat. 02degrees 10.54north, Lon. 111degrees 40.90east Salamat Hari Gawai..... If you use the Lat. and Lon. information above (plug it in to ...
Thursday, 31 May 2007

Anodes Ain't Anodes it Seems - We're Off To Bintangor

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02deg03.98N., 110deg52.68E. Crystal Blues departed the Santubong River (Kuching), North Borneo, on Tuesday morning. Three hours later she w...
Tuesday, 29 May 2007

Fusion Food In Santubong

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One of the many reasons we are sailing is to experience the local food. Each destination presents a new opportunity to tempt our senses. ...
Monday, 21 May 2007

We Chase The Singapore Police Coast Guard

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1 degree 46.22 North, 108 degrees 14.91 East. Crystal Blues departed Singapore on Saturday May 19, after fuelling at RSYC. Our destination i...
Friday, 11 May 2007

Line Dancing in the Malacca Straits

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With our fourth uneventful Malacca Straits passage under our keel , we are now safely tied up at One Degree 15 Marina in Singapore. We hope ...
Sunday, 29 April 2007

Burning the Candle at Both Ends

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People who knew us BC (Before Cruising), knew that we were good at burning the candle at both ends. Seems we fell back in this habit on our ...
Thursday, 19 April 2007

Home Is Where The Heart Is

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Crystal Blues is berthed in Penang, and we flew home a week ago for the wedding of Neil's brother Peter, to Maria Karpetis, held last Sa...
Thursday, 5 April 2007

Old Souls Day

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Religious and cultural tolerance seems to be a catch-cry around the world. In Penang , where almost every street has a Hindu or Buddhist t...
Sunday, 1 April 2007

Our First Day In Cyberspace

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OK, this is kind of scary - the launch of the very first web-log ("blog") from the crew of Crystal Blues. We hope you like the si...
Saturday, 31 March 2007

Its A Whale

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Its not so often we hear that call on board, but Ley was pretty excited and she called it out REALLY LOUD. This occured just yesterday, on...
Thursday, 29 March 2007

The Taxi Driver Told Us ...........!

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Crystal Blues departed Langkawi this morning, heading for Penang. Sailing at 6.5 knots with an 11 knot NE breeze, flat seas, blue skies. Lo...
Tuesday, 27 March 2007

Boat Jobs In Paradise

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Right through March we've worked hard on boat maintenance. Ley repaired the small wear/tear in the genoa’s grey sacrificial cloth. Th...
Thursday, 1 March 2007

Tug Boat Crystal Blues

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In early February Helsal II , a 60ft racing boat from Williamstown (our home town) was berthed in the Tanjong City Marina, Penang. She had...