Nha Trang, Vietnam
12th of June 2015
Today K'Gari is officially christened, before we commence our adventure.
This should be done with ceremony and a few suitable short words.
A can of Vietnamese beer is used on each bow, to the background of Little River Band's 'Cool Change' on the stereo, as no suitable Royal Marines brass band was apparently in the offing!
Video shot, luckily, of the occasion (which clearly shows how unprepared and unrehearsed the naming ceremony was!). A group selfie of the occasion with the inaugural crew of adventurers and its time to depart.
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| https://youtu.be/SgsA9h_v8gs |
Today would have been Dad's 87th birthday- reckon he would have been pretty chuffed, as would Mum. Mum at least knew of my plans, before she left us, last year. They will probably be watching over me from somewhere, it's what parents do!
Over the last eleven days, the learning curve has been quite steep. However , new and exciting as it is, its just a matter of methodically working through things and using the combined talent on board to resolve any issues. The talent being two friends who have agreed to accompany me on this voyage of discovery.
One a current colleague, Peter, the other, also Peter, my dedicated "mono" mate and long term cruiser, who luckily for me, has all the engineering and electrical nous, that I don't.
So far his advice has been invaluable.
Little things, like ensuring I have a Bahia filter for when I take fuel- luckily mentioned early enough in the planning to ensue that it was one of the many many bits and pieces brought from Australia , in our combined 90kgs of baggage allowance.
Taking fuel from 30 litre drums is done man-matically using a jiggle hose. Sounds confusing? Sounds like black magic to me! However we had topped up the fuel tanks yesterday, in preparation for the voyage.
At 1015hrs we slip the mooring and its Goodbye Vietnam.
Clearance paperwork was all done yesterday, the all important port clearance, which will be needed upon arrival in Kota Kinabalu is filed away.
The local fishermen of Nha Trang venerate the whale as a god. They believe like many of the coastal communities in Vietnam, that whales bring good luck and safety at sea. How auspicious then, that within half an hour of departure, we see one break the surface close by?
Over the last eleven days, the learning curve has been quite steep. However , new and exciting as it is, its just a matter of methodically working through things and using the combined talent on board to resolve any issues. The talent being two friends who have agreed to accompany me on this voyage of discovery.
One a current colleague, Peter, the other, also Peter, my dedicated "mono" mate and long term cruiser, who luckily for me, has all the engineering and electrical nous, that I don't.
So far his advice has been invaluable.
Little things, like ensuring I have a Bahia filter for when I take fuel- luckily mentioned early enough in the planning to ensue that it was one of the many many bits and pieces brought from Australia , in our combined 90kgs of baggage allowance.
Taking fuel from 30 litre drums is done man-matically using a jiggle hose. Sounds confusing? Sounds like black magic to me! However we had topped up the fuel tanks yesterday, in preparation for the voyage.
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| https://youtu.be/QLZfjBbKkp8 Note the black Bahia filter in use. |
Clearance paperwork was all done yesterday, the all important port clearance, which will be needed upon arrival in Kota Kinabalu is filed away.
The local fishermen of Nha Trang venerate the whale as a god. They believe like many of the coastal communities in Vietnam, that whales bring good luck and safety at sea. How auspicious then, that within half an hour of departure, we see one break the surface close by?
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