Back in Singapore at One Degree 15 Marina. Rich's shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair) scheduled for Thursday, December 3. Expect that we'll be in Singapore for the next couple of months.

Docked at Admiral Marina, Port Dickson, Malaysia. Arrived this morning, after an overnight run from Singapore. Good trip running along the eastern edge of the northbound shipping lanes. Glad we have an AIS transponder and not just a receiver, so that all the ships could see that we were there.

Crossed the Singapore Straits today and are now comfortably tucked into the OneDegree15 Marina on Sentosa Island, Singapore. Lovely spot!

Anchored at Boyan Island. Will continue on to Singapore tomorrow morning.

Underway to Singapore. Crossed the equator, so back in the Northern Hemisphere - first time in over five years for Slip Away! Planning to anchor tonight at Boyan Island and continue to Singapore tomorrow.

Day #2 underway to Singapore. Motoring in light winds. Hot, sticky and smoky - visibility about 3 miles.

Underway to Singapore. Motoring. Little wind. Hot and sweaty.

Anchored at Belitung Island. Had a great passage from Karimunjawa, with the exception of an opposing current for a good part of the way, but we still managed to sail most of the trip. Pretty anchorage here, but the locals are burning stuff ashore, so it's smoky. :-( Will do our clearance here and head for either Singapore or Malaysia.

Underway to Belitung Island. Fighting a countercurrent at the moment, but all is well. Lots of fishing boats on night watch. ETA tomorrow.

Anchored at Karimunjawa Islands, Indonesia, after a 3 day + 7 hour passage from Lembongan Island (off the coast of Bali). We saw numerous fishing boats on our night watches, so that kept us on our toes. We were pleased that we were able to sail for most of the way - 24 hours of motoring, 55 hours of sailing.

Underway to Karimunjawa. Nice sailing. ETA tomorrow.

Underway to Karimunjawa Islands (off the coast of Java), Indonesia. Sailing slowly in light winds.

Back at Lembongan Island for the day. Cleaning the boat bottom and doing a few other chores in preparation for an early morning departure, enroute to Karimun Jawa (about 400 miles).

Moored at Serangan Island, Bali, Indonesia. Looking forward to exploring Bali for a few days and also planning a trip to Borobudur on Java.

Moored at Lembongan Island. Good trip here today from Lombok.

Moored at Medana Bay Marina, Lombok Island, Indonesia.

Anchored at Gili Air, across from Lombok Island, Indonesia - much more touristy than the other areas we've been in so far.

Anchored at Moyo Island, Indonesia, after an overnight passage from Sebayor Kecil Island near Komodo National Park. Good passage, although lots of motoring (21 hours of motoring, 28 hours total passage time). Looking forward to doing some snorkeling here, but first we need a nap!

Anchored at Sebayor Kecil island. Visited the Komodo Dragons on Rinca Island earlier today.

Moored at Waecicu Bay, Flores Island, Indonesia. Going scuba diving in Komodo National Park tomorrow!

Anchored at Gili Bodo / Sabibi Island, Indonesia. Great downwind sail today with 15-20 knots of NE wind. Anchorage here OK but not great in NE winds.

Anchored at Lingeh Bay, Flores Island, Indonesia. Had good sailing winds for most of the trip here from Riung (35 miles). Greeted by boatloads of kids, all asking for notebooks and pens. We didn't have nearly enough notebooks for all of them, so did not give out any to avoid a riot. We did give out pens and pencils and that supply is about gone. One guy gave us a couple of coconuts, so we gave him a t-shirt for his kid.

Anchored at Riung, Flores Island, Indonesia. Planning to spend a few days here and hoping to find some good snorkeling and/or diving.

Anchored at Nagar Ujong, Flores Island, Indonesia. Had a nice sail today - light winds, so it was a slow passage, but we were able to sail almost all the way here - 9 hours out of 11. Will leave in the morning for Riung.

Anchored in front of the Sea World Resort, near the town of Maumere on Flores Island, Indonesia. Will do our visa renewal here and also some provisioning.

Anchored at North Hading, East Flores Island, Indonesia. Passage from Kroko Atoll today started in light winds, and we motored most of the way. Run under spinnaker for a bit, but shortly after we set the spinnaker, the wind piped up to 20 knots and then backed, so we had to take it down after about 40 minutes. After that, we sailed with just the headsail for 1 1/2 hours before motoring into the anchorage.

Anchored at Kroko Atoll, Solor Archipelago, Indonesia. Had a nice overnight trip from Wakatobi. Sailed about 2/3 of the way, but then the wind died, so motored the last 8 hours.

Anchored off Tomia Island, near the Wakatobi Dive Resort, Indonesia. Good passage from Banda.

Underway from Banda to Wakatobia. ETA tomorrow morning. Very good sailing conditions. All is well!

Underway from Banda to Wakatobi. Very nice conditions - good sailing winds and gentle seas. Rich saw a whale spout this morning. Last night the bioluminescence lit up the entire sea. Beautiful!

Anchored at Banda Naira Island. Boisterous, but good passage from Debut. Nice full moon last night.

Underway from Debut to Banda Island. Boisterous conditions yesterday, but fast trip. 20 miles to go. All is well!

Anchored at Debut, Indonesia. Waiting for officials to come and do our clearance paperwork. Excellent passage with near perfect conditions. More flying fish landed on deck on this passage than ever before, and one of them flew into our cockpit the other night and smacked into Rich! Needless to say, that scared the C&$%P out of Rich! We sailed the rest of the night passages with the side cockpit curtains down.

Day #4 underway to Indonesia. Sailing conditions remain excellent with good wind and gentle seas. ETA tomorrow. :-)

Day #3 - Underway to Indonesia. More of the same - good wind and seas. Starry night last night All is well.

Day 2 - underway to Indonesia. All is well. Good sailing.

Day 1 Underway to Indonesia. Nice downwind sailing. Course 282M, SOG 6 knots

Anchored at Horn Island - across the channel from Thursday Island. We've reached the top of Australia!

Anchored at Margaret Bay, Cape Grenville, Far North Queensland. Did an overnight passage from Flinders with very pleasant conditions.

Anchored at Owen Channel - between Flinders & Stanley Islands. Arrived this morning after an overnight sail from Lizard Island. Another great downwind sail in the tradewinds, but a dark night with some cloud cover (so only a few stars) and no moon.

Anchored at Lizard Island. Left Cairns yesterday and did an overnight passage - excellent downwind sailing with 15-25 knots of wind and mostly gentle seas behind the reef, as well as a favorable current. 143 miles in 23 hours = 6.2 knots average boat speed - that's a very fast "average speed" for Slip Away!

Cairns Marlin Marina - Berth G9. Arrived early this morning after a lively overnight passage with 20-30 kts of SE wind - fortunately, the wind was behind us.

Anchored at Haycock Island, Hinchinbrook Island Channel. Scenic anchorage and completely calm - very nice! Hoping the bugs won't be bad!

Anchored at Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, QLD. Good overnight passage last night from Airlie Beach.

Anchored at Airlie Beach - nice anchorage. Going grocery shopping today for the first time in over 2 weeks. Looking forward to lettuce and tomatoes instead of cabbage and carrots!

Anchored at South Molle Island in the Whitsundays. Just returned from a nice hike to Spion Kop with beautiful lookouts over the Whitsunday Passage.

Had a lovely walk on Whitehaven Beach today. Now anchored at Tongue Bay - set a stern anchor so we wouldn't roll. Looking forward to a good night's sleep.

Anchored off Shaw Island. We've made it to the Whitsundays!

Anchored at South Percy Island, QLD. Sailed overnight from Great Keppel - great downwind sailing with 18-25 knots of wind

Anchored at Great Keppel Island after an overnight sail from Lady Musgrave.

Dropped our anchor at Lady Musgrave Island this morning at 0850 local time. Dolphins greeted us as we arrived - nice!

wind died, so motoring now. 150 miles down, 90 miles to go. All is well aboard.

A few lumpy seas at the start, but having a good sail so far. 100 miles down, 140 to go.

Spent the last couple of months doing boat maintenance in Newport Marina, but ready to move on now. Weather has gotten cooler in the past few weeks, so it's time to head north. Leaving in the morning for Lady Musgrave Island, a passage of 240 nautical miles.

Newport Marina, Scarborough, QLD. Planning to spend 6-8 weeks here catching up on boat maintenance and repairs. When we leave here, the plan is to head north.

Anchored at Tangalooma, Moreton Island (near Brisbane). Looking forward to a walk on the island and some snorkeling.

Anchored at Brown Bay (between Moreton Bay and Gold Coast Seaway), Queensland, after a 58-hour motor trip north from Port Stephens. Enjoying the peace and quiet of our anchorage.

Moored at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. Did an overnight run from Sydney - good sailing for about 1/3 of the trip, motored rest of way.