Penang to Langkawi

Sand Dollar — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +0100

On our first morning in Penang, we woke early in the quiet cove where we’d anchored the previous day, at a little islet just south of the...

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Sand Dollar — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:18:00 +0100

2nd Langkawi anchorage. Outstanding!

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Sand Dollar — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:03:00 +0100

First night anchorage. Beautiful!

Pangkor to Penang

Sand Dollar — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:12:00 +0100

On arrival at Pulau Pangkor, we anchored in a little bay on the southeast side of the island, positioned with front row seats for viewing the fishi...

Sungai Bernam to Pulau Pangkor

Sand Dollar — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:35:00 +0100

Happy New Year from the good ship Sand Dollar! We spent it on the Bernam River, and a busy river it is, with all kinds of fishing boats to-ing and ...

Pulau Selangor to Sungai Bernam

Sand Dollar — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:19:00 +0100

We had a little drama at the Pulau Selangor anchorage. Little boats with freakin’ drift nets were all over the place. One got hung up on ...

Pulau Indah to Kuala Selangor

Sand Dollar — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:12:00 +0100

It’s been said that Port Klang sits in a soup of sludge, sewage, debris and other detritus, stirred by fierce currents and the wash of a ...

Pulau Indah - Port Klang

Sand Dollar — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:36:00 +0100

Pleasant 40-mile passage from Port Dickson to Port Klang today. Will get underway tomorrow for Lumut.

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Our time in Melaka

Sand Dollar — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:03:00 +0100

Our time in Melaka will be fondly remembered as a cornucopia of tastes, sights, and experiences. As the only residents of the nearly-new and spanki...

Pulau Besar to Malacca

Sand Dollar — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:04:00 +0100

From our anchorage at Pulau Besar, we rowed ashore to explore the beautiful island. Settled about 600 years ago by people seeking the freedom to pr...

Tanjung Tohor to Pulau Besar

Sand Dollar — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:13:00 +0100

Sunny morning. Some fishermen came by in a local boat around 0900, asking us to move SD, as one of their big drift nets was drifting down on us. We...

Northbound in the Malacca Straits

Sand Dollar — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:57:00 +0100

Rising early, we made coffee at 0645 but weighed anchor before we drank it. We enjoyed coffee and cookies while underway, and caught a fair current...

Passage from Sebana to Puteri Harbor

Sand Dollar — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:50:00 +0100

Hello, all!

We left Sebana Cove on Thursday Oct 17 at one p.m., with good friends at our slip to cast off docklines and wave good...

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Sand Dollar — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:46:00 +0100

01,23.87N, 104,06.52E

Following a series of long but uneventful flights from the USA

News from New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Sand Dollar — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:01:00 +0200

Well, actually we’re not currently ON Sand Dollar, but we will be soon.

&nbs...

Stateside Visit

Sand Dollar — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:51:00 +0200

We’ve had a few inquiries as to where we are and why we haven’t posted recent updates. Well, we forgot to report last May that ...

Singapore

Sand Dollar — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:41:31 +0200

We got underway from Pulau Tinggi in picture-perfect sailing conditions. The wind was 10-12 kts over the port quarter or port beam with a 2-knot fa...

Pulau Tioman

Sand Dollar — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:20:00 +0200

We spent four weeks in the public marina at Pulau Tioman. Tioman Island is hilly and measures 22.5 km north to south and 11 km east to west. It has...

Miri to Tioman Island, Malaysia

Sand Dollar — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:17:00 +0100

Our sojourn in Miri, Sarawak, on the west coast of Malaysian Borneo, was comparable to a visit...

Brunei

Sand Dollar — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:07:00 +0100

Our pretty red and white spinnaker ballooned out ahead of us as a light breeze filled the big nylon sail. Partnered with the mainsail, the sail com...

Labuan

Sand Dollar — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:57:00 +0100

We made a mid-afternoon departure from Kota Kinabalu, bound southwest for Labuan, a duty-free island a few miles o...

KK was OK!

Sand Dollar — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:47:00 +0100

Our two weeks in Kota Kinabalu (“KK”) have been a memorable and enjoyable sojourn. We̵...

Arrival Kota Kinabalu

Sand Dollar — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:37:00 +0100

05,57.48N 116,02.73N

12/20/2010 0800 anchor down KK. Miles made: 92.55. Avg speed: 3.9 Kts. Total time: 24h08m. Soon after we rou...

Kudat to Kota Kinabalu

Sand Dollar — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:59:00 +0100

We departed Kudat at 0745 today 12/19. Conditions were calm and sunny. We really enjoyed the month we spent at Kudat. Having daughter Tam visit us ...

Life On The Hard

Sand Dollar — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:40:00 +0100

Much to our surprise, the shipyard informed us that they could haul us out. Originally they said that it could be weeks or months before they could...

Crossing the Sulu Sea

Sand Dollar — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:30:00 +0100

Wednesday 11/17/2010 We departed Bonbonbon Bay, Negros, Philippines at 0900 and the weather was a picture perfect for it. Our good friend Bruce esc...

Predeparture

Sand Dollar — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:34:00 +0100

Well, as we write this we are busy checking out of the Philippines with the Officials. So far we haven’t made a lot of headway, but are h...

2 1/2 years - Looking Back

Sand Dollar — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:24:00 +0200

We still have a month left to enjoy the Philippines, but are already making plans for our next country – Malaysia, on ...

Week-1

Sand Dollar — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:14:00 +0200

Our first week back on board Sand Dollar went by quickly. We were busy troubleshooting the engine and other systems. We think the engine not starti...

Back Aboard

Sand Dollar — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:04:00 +0200

After spending a very enjoyable 5-months back at our home base in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, we’re now back aboard the good ship Sand Dol...

Stateside Visit

Sand Dollar — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:54:00 +0200

We buttoned up Sand Dollar, left her on one of Bruce’s robust moorings and hired his wife as a boat-minder to keep the ...

Bonbonon Bay

Sand Dollar — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:44:00 +0200

On March 8th, we weighed anchor at first light and got underway for the 30-mile passage to Bonbonon Bay on the southeast tip of the island of Negro...

Dapitan

Sand Dollar — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:28:00 +0100

It was nine days ago that we left Siquijor Island and crossed the Bohol Sea headed for Dapitan Bay on the north coast of Mindanao. Being only a 35 ...

Siquijor Island

Sand Dollar — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:00 +0100

As planned, we weighed anchor at 8PM and departed from Bonbon Bay. We had a fresh breeze and the course to our next destination, Siquijor Island, p...

Camiguen Island

Sand Dollar — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:00 +0100

Our second day in Bonbon on Camiguen island was still windy, but much less so, and we were able to row ashore to the beach behind the local high sc...

Goodbye Dapa

Sand Dollar — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:06:00 +0100

After spending two enjoyable weeks at Dapa, we got underway for Surigao City, about 30 miles NW of Dapa. We knew we would have to brave the rip tid...

Dapa

Sand Dollar — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:23:00 +0100

Our first full day in Dapa was an indeed a full day! After we rowed in, we asked a young man where we might obtain water for washing clothes. He to...

Passage Palau to Philippines

Sand Dollar — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:45:00 +0100

We slipped our mooring at 0930 Friday morning and motored to the wharf to check out with the officials. All went smoothly and $70 later, we were on...

Impressions of Palau

Sand Dollar — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:27:00 +0100

We’ve been in Palau for 3-weeks now and we’re ready to move on. It’s been a good stop and we’ve enjoyed it....

Goodbye Lamotrek, hello Palau

Sand Dollar — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:17:00 +0100

We were sad to leave our friends in Lamotrek, but it was time to move on. We were asked to drop off a passenger at the nearby atoll of Elato. We we...

Lamotrek atoll

Sand Dollar — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:07:00 +0100

We stopped at Lamotrek not only because it was a convenient midpoint enroute to Palau, but also because it had receive...

Days 5 & 6

Sand Dollar — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:57:00 +0100

Days 5 & 6 were pretty much the same as the rest – fair wind and following seas. It’s been a picture perfect passage. W...

Days 3 & 4

Sand Dollar — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:50:00 +0100

Days 3 and 4 have been uneventful. Day 3 brought us cloudy skies, but still a nice following breeze between 12-18 knots, along with a relatively ca...

Days 1 and 2

Sand Dollar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:11:00 +0100

We departed Pohnpei just before noon in fine weather. We headed WNW towards Oroluk atoll, 175 miles...

Goodbye Pohnpei

Sand Dollar — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:32:00 +0100

Well, Pohnpei has been absolutely great, but eight weeks is enough. In our efforts to leave on our planned schedule, we’ve been stonewall...

Still here!

Sand Dollar — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:06:00 +0100

Well, the ugly weather system that prompted our return managed to dissipate most of its punch before it ever reached here. However, the forecast qu...

We turned back

Sand Dollar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:56:00 +0100

We departed Pohnpei Wednesday headed towards Palau, 1500 nm west, but shortly after departin...

Pohnpei - Week 5

Sand Dollar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:46:00 +0100

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Our little anchorage here is becoming qui...

Pohnpei - Week 1

Sand Dollar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:36:00 +0100

After five lovely weeks in Kosrae, we headed west for Pohnpei, leaving the colorful crowds at Lelu’s wharf s...

Kosrae to Pohnpei, Micronesia

Sand Dollar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:17:00 +0100

We got underway from Lelu Harbor, Kosrae under a sunny sky with moderate wind and seas. The bad news was, it was on our nose. O...

Kosrae - Week 4

Sand Dollar — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:07:00 +0200

Sunday morning we took advantage of our rental car to make the 15-minute drive to St. John&...

Kosrae - Week 3

Sand Dollar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:49:00 +0200

Our third week in Kosrae began...

Kosrae - Week 2

Sand Dollar — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:39:00 +0200

The longer we stay in lovely Kosrae, the more we like it. The abundance of freshwater not only provides for the lovely flowers and foliage of the i...

Kosrae - Week 1

Sand Dollar — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:14:00 +0200

Our first week in Kosrae has been a very pleasant and very active one. It’s nice to ...

Day 6 - Finale

Sand Dollar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:17:00 +0200

Due to a wind speed of zero knots, we spent last night motoring westward in a nearly continuous light rain. We woke to a fully overcast steely gray...

Day 6

Sand Dollar — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:49:00 +0200

Lightning! If there is one thing that strikes terror into the heart of a sailor, it’s lightning! After all, we have that funny metal th...

Day 5

Sand Dollar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:02:00 +0200

Today was a good day for sailing. 10-12 knots of wind at 180 degrees apparent for our course of 256T. SD is sailing wing and wing with the 120% j...

Day 4

Sand Dollar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:14:00 +0200

Well, Day 4 was pretty much like Day 3. Plenty of wind and relatively calm sea. The counter-current opposes the wind, creating a “washi...

Day 3

Sand Dollar — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:08:00 +0200

We continued to have a decent breeze and made good miles towards Kosrae. At this rate we have a good chance of arriving on Sunday – one ...

Day 2

Sand Dollar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:00 +0200

After lying ahull (no sails up) for 5 hours on a calm sea under a windless, night sky filled with stars, we were blessed with the first stirrings o...

Day 1

Sand Dollar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:45:00 +0200

We slipped our mooring at 1130 and sailed down the lagoon in very light conditions. We had a good slant (broad reach) on the meager amount of wind...

Loaded up and ready to go

Sand Dollar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:27:00 +0200

Today was mostly spent checking out of RMI. This process consists of visiting the Port Au...

Predeparture prepping

Sand Dollar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:17:00 +0200

After spending ten wonderful weeks at our home base in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, we’re back in Majuro. We found Sand Dollar to...

Ken and Katie's voyages aboard Sand Dollar

Penang to Langkawi

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Pangkor to Penang

Sungai Bernam to Pulau Pangkor

Pulau Selangor to Sungai Bernam

Pulau Indah to Kuala Selangor

Pulau Indah - Port Klang

Our time in Melaka

Pulau Besar to Malacca

Tanjung Tohor to Pulau Besar

Northbound in the Malacca Straits

Passage from Sebana to Puteri Harbor

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News from New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Stateside Visit

Singapore

Pulau Tioman

Miri to Tioman Island, Malaysia

Brunei

Labuan

KK was OK!

Arrival Kota Kinabalu

Kudat to Kota Kinabalu

Life On The Hard

Crossing the Sulu Sea

Predeparture

2 1/2 years - Looking Back

Week-1

Back Aboard

Stateside Visit

Bonbonon Bay

Dapitan

Siquijor Island

Camiguen Island

Goodbye Dapa

Dapa

Passage Palau to Philippines

Impressions of Palau

Goodbye Lamotrek, hello Palau

Lamotrek atoll

Days 5 & 6

Days 3 & 4

Days 1 and 2

Goodbye Pohnpei

Still here!

We turned back

Pohnpei - Week 5

Pohnpei - Week 1

Kosrae to Pohnpei, Micronesia

Kosrae - Week 4

Kosrae - Week 3

Kosrae - Week 2

Kosrae - Week 1

Day 6 - Finale

Day 6

Day 5

Day 4

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1

Loaded up and ready to go

Predeparture prepping