Day 21 Cairns-Singapore via Batam Island, Indo

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Sunday 28th Dec'25

We arrived at a bay on a little island at 14:30 but there was way too much swell on the eastern side so we went round to the western side with happened to be between 2 islands so was really sheltered.  Dropped the anchor at 15:30 and had a beer.  The guys got to work cleaning the boat as it was covered in salt from the last 7 days rodeo ride.  They started at the top with the chimney and worked their way down.  When they had finished we all went for a snooze and locked all the doors.  There have been know to be a bit of thievery in the area which people call "pirate" attacks so better to be safe than sorry.  I also made sure we not only had the anchor light on but all the deck lights to make sure we get seen by any other boat, ship or tug that passes through this channel.  Now a bit of shut eye till midnight when we got get going. 

23:00 I woke up after a decent sleep and started getting the boat ready for departure.  Started the engine at 23:30 the boys came upstairs, we pulled up the anchor and off we went at exactly midnight.
We have 53nm to go to the marina and we should be there around 08:30 just in time for 09:00 when we are booked to enter.........


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