My little piece of peace

Sounds a really "tough" voyage ever northwards.

cheers

john

 

Hi downunder,
YEAR, Really tough, Much more of this and I will be crying in pleasure

Just about to enter Mourilyan Harbour with a max 2 tide change of 1.4m... and going in at almost dead low tide so a bit more than 4 ft of water and enough rope to allow me to float 1.4 metres higher in a nicely sheltered haven...

My anchor winch broke and let ALL the chain out so I spent a good couple of hours hauling it all in, hand over hand, breaks for water (a drink to salve my effusive sweating), and to allow me ease up on the huffing and puffing from the exertion of it all... and NOW I will have to use a secondary "danforth" anchor with 5m of chain and then rope - and MANUALLY pull it in when I depart tomorrow early for Cairns...

I may have to go to Yorkies Nob marina to find the tools or strength to help in fixing that malfunctioning anchor winch a Huttons ORCA 24v electric affair...

Hang on a bit ready to round the entrance now - what a narrow slot in the wall.......

 

There are coconuts all over the beach mas yet none of them ive opened has oil in it.

I think we kicked this around before as the extraction process requires boiling or the like . Was it not decided that the diesel/ oil used to boil it was not worth the oil that came out.

Good time to be heading North or just get your head down , Obama is flexing his muscles over Iran and this has interesting timing.

http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2012/article17978.html

American ships in Thia waters. The readers comments underneath it is interesting. A rouge nation wandering the seas in warships. Bit of RR before mas murder continues. etc etc

 

Anchored up and sorted out by dead low water - 14:36 - - What a bugger with a non-working anchor winch - such convenience is not available till it gets fixed... WAPITA...

 

Hi frosty,
husk the coconut, then break it open using the back of a bushnife with the "eyes" end and the tail end as "poles" either side and crack it along the "equator" line over a large basin - capture the water and then grate the flesh into that same bowl, "work the gratings inside the bowl along with the coconut water... decant the whole water and gratings into a tall drum and leave to settle overnight, and for each 100gm of "flesh" (excluding the water weight) and you should be able to scoop off the next morning with a ladle some 10 to 40 gm of clear oil... All the women (or the servants for the wealthy families) know how to do this... The dessicated flesh is also used for other things in the kitchen or to feed the chooks...

Trust the Yanks to try to distract the local (inside USA), sheeple with a nice war - declaring that it was necessary to defend freedom and democracy and prevent the terrorists from becoming strong, or from launching an attack on something or other... - All part of the distractions necessary for Obama to get back in again.... And who is worried by a little "collateral damage" in foreign countries where a few innocents may be caught in the conflict in neutralising the enemies of the West... - They are not needed to vote anyone into Presidential office... Several of the services from inside USA and Canada are suggesting such possibilities - I do not know where those people get their information - seemingly always some conspiracy theory arising - I do not bother reading too carefully - sort of like reading some pulp fiction spy or detective story... - - mostly a quick skim read in a quiet moment and then discarding the book or comic...

http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/forecasts/northern_qld_coastal_waters.shtml - - North Tropical Waters, Cooktown to Cardwell:

Wednesday until midnight: Winds: E to SE 5 to 10 knots, reaching 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Seas: 0.7 to 1.2 metres outside the reef, 0.7 metres inside the reef. Swell: Less than 1.5 metres.

Thursday: Winds: SE 10 to 15 knots. Seas: 1.2 metres outside the reef, 0.7 metres inside the reef. Swell: Less than 1.5 metres. Isolated showers.

Friday: Winds: SE to NE 10 to 15 knots, reaching 15 to 20 knots at times north of Cape Tribulation.

Saturday: Winds: SE to NE 5 to 10 knots, reaching 10 to 15 knots at times north of Cape Tribulation.

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Americans in the news a lot at the moment. The warships are being suggested as to be here for the Chinese/ Japanes conflict. I don't think so .

In the meantime some Americans have other things on thier minds.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...acts-with-13-year-old-boy-in-central-pattaya/

 

You can keep that one. Yuck.
2.8 million pros in Thailand; children should be safe.

 

HELLO Silver Raven,
Are you OK? - - I hope to be in Cairns by tomorrow afternoon, I plan to leave Mourilyan not so early (around 7am) and the distance is about 51 NM... and today I averaged around 7.4 kt - - heres hoping...

A bit of help from both Silver and groper and anyone else in Cairns... - - - - -
In meeting some people on the W side of Cape Upstart - right near the point - I was told of a ?passing? sailor who may be interested in my boat... The bloke that I am looking for is supposedly in Cairns,, who goes by the nickname "Turtle", he has a small cat and his present boat is on the market... Any clues or contacts would be appreciated...

Silver, by way of 'repayment" for your kindness, could I stay in a shed and help you catch up with the chores around the farm? - once I have safely & securely parked the boat...
165993

 

The only way it could have let all the chain out is if you didn't have a stopper or chain hook attached. Might be a good idea to think about getting one....

As for electric anchor winches, they come into the category of equipment designed to fail in salt water conditions. It's only a question of when....

Having said that I just bought a VFD to play with. I'm thinking of a 240V 3 phase motor with 90 rpm output (which I just happen to have stashed 15 years ago in search of a project) driving my manual winch via a dog clutch setup so I can revert when the magic smoke comes out of the electrics.

PDW

 

Not when the yanks are about. The pay as you drink will come in to effect, no more tabs on the bar and pay as you leave ,--this always happens when they come to town, seems like paying for something after you got it is beyond thier comprehension unless all bar staff owe Americans beer.

23 years ive sat at thai bars, Ive seen a lot of strange things of all nationalities, But its the yanks and the Arabs that take the biscuit.

Both seemingly come from sexualy deprived family values dunno but the yanks should not be that way but they are, Mummies boys arrive here all exited high fiving each other because a girl talked to them yeeeeeha.

They play free pool and have the table re set by long legged mini skirted beauties --boy what a time they have. Pants hanging off thier arse and shoes 5 times too big and cant tie thier shoe laces.

Hey lets take the girls with us --sure they will come,--and they do but a bar fine has to be paid for taking the night off. Hey stay with us and come snorkelling on the island, So off goes the girls to grab some clothes to enjoy the holiday with the yanks. Next day is a day off work, loss of money they can ill afford.

Next day whoaaa my girl needs to go in to work and pay money Geeeeez man whats going down here she asked me for 15 dollars man to pay the bar. Yeah man mine wants the same.

Yes thats how it works,-- this is not USA, they don't have money.

So you got your little pecker wet and had a great time and then call them prostitutes because they asked for the bar fine and a 15 dollar day off work.

Only and Arab can achieve such gallantry as that.

Many baby boys come here none are as green as the yanks and the Arabs.

 

Naa Hoty not really,---- they are just doing what most people do --misunderstand Thailand.

Ha,--- I was walking along one day and I saw this girl talking to a guy in the street near the beach, there was a clip board involved but I could not quite see from that distance . As I got closer it was not as I expected that she was talking to him selling time shares but he talking to her and holding the clip board --strange.

As I got closer I could hear his American accent asking who was the President of USA, ---and how many states was there is USA. I walked past and heard him ask have you ever been educated.

Now education is government free and all kids are sent to school by law.

I tuned back to help --not normally what I do but she was looking flustered. I asked politely if I could help and asked her in Thai if she understood what he was asking, she had'nt a clue so I told him so. He said com on these people need education and continued to ask her (in English) if she had any university education,--she looked blank.

I said she is educated and what is the name of the prime minister of Thailand, or the king maybe the longest monarchy? nope well how many countries border Thailand,--finally he knew what the capital of Thailand was.

He had simply come on holiday thinking he was in a -- well I don't know in a country of uneducated people. Too many War Movies I think.

Thing is,-- why does he think the measure of education is knowing about USA
when you originate from Siam --a very old and traditional country, and why should she have to speak English?.

Dont get me wrong just to add many of the sailors off the ship give thier free time to gardening and painting at homless kids homes. There is hell of a lot however lying in the gutter amongst thier own vomit at 10am totally poisoned with alcahol.

See it many times on my early morning walks, lying in the hot sun pockets emptied, in dry vomit.

 

When in Rome, ...

 

Here it is

 

Aye Hoyt,
and the USA Sailors seem to need lots of etiquete training, (to put into effect the "When in Rome" idea), to understand what bis expected when VISITING in foriegn countries... Less bloody minded ARROGANCE, and lots more understanding of international differences - and the Arabs - well maybee they are best to be staying in their own countries - if the USA gubmint would leave them be so long as they stayed in their own respective countries... - - - Ahhhh Politics, full of traps and BS...

Oops,
public indemnity insurance has expired and I have not the readies for another Au$650 for something I hardly ever need, as I don't usually go into marinas...

 

Hi all,
About to pass by the leads into Cairns and head towards Yorkies Nob and see what I can find up "Moon River" The entrance is about 10 NMiles - so will be looking for an anchoring spot in about 1 & a half hours...

See Ya soon "Silver Raven" and "groper"... The rain has washed a bit of the filth off (anchoring in muddy spots and spreading the ooze on the deck as the chain arises)...

Leads to Cairns are 2 miles away and thence on to Yorkies Nob.... (time is 14:12 on Thursday 27 Sept 2012) - - - Almost completed this part of my voyage...