Crystal Blues

Some weeks back I wrote ( here ) of the difficulties we had experienced with barnacles fouling the sea water inlets on Crystal Blues in es...

Taking our Iban friends for a fast ride on Sungai Tulai, Sarawak Explaining our cruising lifestyle to land lubbers, we say that we do...

Cracking Up! Planning an ocean crossing, early this year we sent our Bruce anchor and chain to Bangkok to be galvanised.  Tick another ...

We're spending quite a bit of time in marinas these last few months, as I'm doing some contract work and Admiral Ley needs a safe h...

The Brightly Colored "Lego Barge" Came Over The Horizon This Afternoon - At 2 Knots We departed Puteri Harbour in Johor, Mala...

Did Somebody Lose Something ?  Malacca Straits Midnight Dive As cruising  sailors we are definitely not professional divers, but we do...

Selecting dim sum at a local cafe in Penang Mike and Sue Powell, good friends from Australia and long time cruisers, visited Crystal Bl...

We departed Straits Quay Marina in Penang at 07.30 Sunday morning, motoring south through a sticky haze. Day One - The Fishing God Spea...

If you follow this blog you'll already know that early this year our Onan generator died, with a frustrating control board fault.   We ...

On any sea going boat corrosion is a constant companion, but a dangerous one.  Like a sore tooth, it will flare up sometimes with no warnin...

The Admiral is busy planning our crossing of the Indian Ocean as I write this - she's counting and calculating everything from courtesy...

We arrived in Penang just over two weeks ago, with plans to complete our new generator installation before moving on south towards Singap...

Fish, Lizards , Snakes & Rats After four weeks away it was good for both Ley and I to be back on board.  It had been a stressful mont...

My father in law Ray Worrall passed away on April 16th. That's him in the yellow jacket, sailing aboard Shamrock back in 2006.  He ...

 The River Esk, Whitby Harbour In Whitby, the locals say there are three ways of doing things - the right way, the wrong way, a...