Round the World Making Time

Round the World Making Time
The Long Plan

Legend

Boat
Cargo Vessel
Driving
Plane

Phuket, Thailand ‐ Dec 8, 2017

Time for major repairs

Thailand

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Making Time's Major Repairs
Satar Padut, Indonesia ‐ Aug 1, 2017

Beautiful spot 8 16.58 S, 120 36.04 E, 15m sand.
Riung ‐ Jul 30, 2017

Anchored 08 24.565 S 121 01.74 E, 12m on sand. Small town with first backpacker community we have seen in Indonesia so far.
Nangamese

Anchored 08 24.565 S 121 01.74 E, 12m on sand. Small town with first backpacker community we have seen in Indonesia so far.
Keliwumbu ‐ Jul 29, 2017

200m offf beach, 8 30.16S, 121 42.36E, 17m, sand, good holding.
Maumere ‐ Jul 26, 2017

08 38.07S 122 18.495E, 20m on sand. We meet Per Erling on SV Nerthus. We buy our rice cooker to be able to cook without gas.
Pulau Besar ‐ Jul 25, 2017

Anchored at 08 26.77S 122 24.55E, 20m

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Flores,Komodo and Lombok
Laton Liwo
Pulau Boleng ‐ Aug 23, 2017

Anchored 08 deg 14.64'S 123 deg 19.53'E on sand at 17m. Great spot.
Lewoleba ‐ Jul 21, 2017

We stop off here for a few days and hire a scooter which we take off road as we visit the island. Met Richard who gives Viviane pearls and we run out of cooking gas.
Waiwerang ‐ Jul 20, 2017
Laruntuka ‐ Jul 16, 2017
Laton Liwo ‐ Jul 12, 2017

9 600 km

We have a great passage from WakiTobu to Flores with 15knts most of the time and a steady swell. We anchor here for three days while we recover our sleep, I try spear fishing and we buy our first home brewed Arak. Anchored 08 deg 04.63' S 122 deg 50.71'E, 17m on sand and coral rubble.
Pulau Hoga ‐ Jul 9, 2017

We have a reasonable sail from Ambon to the WakiTobi Islands but the SE trades blow strong though the lagoons here and we move on after one uncomforatble night against cometeing wing and tide.
Ambon Lagoon ‐ Jul 4, 2017
Ambon ‐ Jun 28, 2017

8 800 km

Visa and Provisioning in this great town where every morning there is a noise off between the mosques with live calls for prayer and amplified servies versus sound recordings of perfect pitch christian song. Perhaps a negotiated outcome of the recent sectarian violence. We preferred the live version.

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Raja Ampat
Haya ‐ Jun 25, 2017
Pulau Haya North ‐ Jun 24, 2017

We meet Guru Kassim who shows us round the school and introduces us to his father and his 53 strong elementary class
Kaini ‐ Jun 22, 2017
Yapale ‐ Jun 21, 2017
Balbalol ‐ Jun 11, 2017

10 days holed up here between limestone walls exploring the myriad of small inlets and sheltered swimming, snorkellling and love spots.
Kalig ‐ Jun 6, 2017
Tamelol ‐ Jun 5, 2017
Pulau Efwai ‐ Jun 3, 2017

8 200 km
Happy Village ‐ Jun 1, 2017

Again we wish we had sound recording equipment. This village is by far the most happy we have found so far. The kids and families are laughing and splashing away all day. Beatutiful gardens and good fishing too.
Sorong ‐ May 26, 2017

Making Time off the North East of Soop

Making Time off the North East of Soop 11m with good holding on sand and coral rubble. The bottom flat for the tidal swing. I look out of my office to sea all around. The beach and its reef to west; A...
Batanta ‐ Jun 25, 2017
Raja Ampat Dive Lodge ‐ May 23, 2017
Mini Wayag ‐ May 17, 2017
Friiwin ‐ May 16, 2017
Red Bird of Paradise ‐ May 15, 2017
Point Kri ‐ May 14, 2017

We hide out on this point with 6 kn currents next to a beautful sandbank and one of the best snorkels and dives in the area. We anchor in 33 metres with all our chain and rode out that we can, We loose two out of our four strands on the rode!

Yachtie Doomster

Yachtie Doomster Fixing things, catching fish and battery volts, we work beaches burning rubbish and comb back odd things to compensate for what we lose overboard from time to time. Progressively...
Waisai ‐ May 11, 2017

We say goodbye to SV Ariel IV and sneak preview the fleet of Lagoon 650 crewed by South Africans and set up for luxury cruising in Raja.
Yangello ‐ May 8, 2017
Pef Lagoon ‐ May 5, 2017

We return to this private island resort on Pef for some excellent diving, resort food and some company with beer.
Kabui Pass ‐ May 2, 2017

7 800 km

Amazimg Raja. We take away memories of the jungle sounds especially drifiting through the passage on a dinghy exploration.
Gam ‐ Apr 30, 2017
Sorong ‐ Apr 24, 2017

Visa run and Provisioning but we also meet up with Norm who is our local guide.
Batanta
Pef ‐ Apr 23, 2017
Wayag ‐ Apr 16, 2017

7 400 km

Only 1 photo from tthis photogenic gem of a place where we stay a week. We would have stayed much longer but our visa was running out. This is archetypal Raja. A limestone Karst island group that could hideaway a dozen prirates.
Tobelo ‐ Apr 12, 2017

7 100 km

We catch up with Ariel IV here, Eric and Birgitte, and make camp on a beach and vivit a local village for easter day before sailing off together for Raja Ampat
Bitung ‐ Mar 20, 2017

We repair and restock before moving east. Also we get to try muck diving

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Muck Diving
Petimati ‐ Mar 14, 2017

As far West as we dare. We realise that the NW monsoon makes weather on shores lee to the Celebes sea unsafe.
Tangkoko National Park ‐ Mar 13, 2017

We go west Sulawesi and explore the Tangkoko National Park. We see the critically endangered Celebes Macaque monkey whose stud book of 6000 animals is maintained by Vicki in Paignton Zoo near my home town. Later we take a land trip and visit the infamous Tomohon market where we see why there remains pressure on the survival of these monkeys.

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North Sulawesi
Bitung ‐ Mar 8, 2017

6 500 km

Indonesia at last!
Pulau Pulau Talaud

We make a stop in Indonesia without proper customs clearance just to get some sleep.

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Indonesian First Days
Socorro, Philippines
Surigao City
Maasin City
BilanBinlangan Island ‐ Feb 26, 2017

Beautiful spot before we leave Bohol finally
Lapu-Lapu City ‐ Oct 25, 2016

5 500 km

We take a break off the boat for December in Dubai, London, Aberdeen and Belle Fontaine...We come back with Indonesian visas for a last sail orund for 10 days with Corrine and Philippe before we our final preparations to leave.

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Corrine et Philippe

Roger

Roger the regular catch

We are grounded in Porter marina just outside Cebu by a windlass gearbox failure. Our marina is great. We have two fishponds with a great restaurant in the middle 50 m inland from the boat: 2 menus, o...
- Dubai - United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates ‐ Dec 12, 2016
  
  We catch up with old freinds in Dubai and Aberdeen and see how much has changed for them over the last year during the oil crisis.
Calape ‐ Oct 3, 2016

We hole up with SV Tookawile in this typhoon shelter for some top quality diving

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Cebu and around
Ed & Bernadette's Beach House ‐ Sep 30, 2016

We get invited to join Ed and Bernadette at their beach house. SV Tookawile also joins us...
Cebu ‐ Sep 25, 2016

We celebrate Viviane's birthday with Ed, Gary, Geoff and his new crew Susan. We wait for our sails to arrive before we leave for Indonesia.

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Things that break...

The day I nearly lost my foot

Today I nearly had my foot, ankle or lower leg crushed. The decision was mine. I arrived with morning dope at the marina dock. We had anchored outside. As I was tying up the dinghy my foot got slotted...
Tulang Island ‐ Sep 20, 2016

We spend a few days here grockling in some cool caves and we get to do some spectacular diving the east and west wall of this island.
- London, United Kingdom ‐ Dec 29, 2016
  
  Xmas in France, New Years in London and a 50tth birthday!
Lapinig ‐ Sep 17, 2016

Great spot. We climb a hill with three children whom we make late for their tea. We finalise some repairs underwater to the rope cutter and play hatches with incoming thunderstorms during the night.
Bien Unido

Sucess with our sea trials after transmission change out...
Cebu ‐ Aug 24, 2016

Back to Cebu for some critical repairs and to pick up our new sails. We spend some long nights with Garry on Chelsea his classic Swan 64.Catch up with Ed and finally we meet a cruiser, Geoff on SV Tookawile.
Cebu-Bogo Bay ‐ Aug 23, 2016
Bantayan-Santa Fe ‐ Aug 22, 2016

We stay here two days and walk into town. We moor the dinghy alongside a bangka on the key and Paul has to crawl across the bangka gang plank to get to shore! Clear water and a nice town.
Negros-Tiglawigan ‐ Aug 21, 2016

We meet Swiss Andre and his son Johnny. We get to see his photos of his trip to the outlying island after typhoon Yolanda when he assisted CNN to deliver food parcels. His bangka was the only one to survive the typhoon in his village.
Negros-Victorias City ‐ Aug 19, 2016
Guimaras-Santa Ana Bay ‐ Aug 6, 2016

5 000 km

We get holed up here for two weeks waiting on weather and licking our wounds after having been kicked by running the gale.

Gales in the Sulu sea

We left Tagauyan Bay, a good south wind shelter, and some ten Bankas and a dozen large trawlers at 5 am once the first trawlers started to move. We left on strong breeze with a a forecast for the same...
Tagauayan Bay

A good safe shelter against southerly winds.
Quiniluban Island ‐ Aug 5, 2016

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Pigs and Other Animals
Bulalacao Island-No Riff Raff ‐ Aug 4, 2016

Expensive resort would not let us land :(
Coron ‐ Jul 31, 2016

We go diving with Christine on some WWII Japanese wrecks. We meet Rike, Andrea and Hannibal, a Danish family who join us for a day sail. We meet more french nomads and we go to Coron market.

Dogs in the Philippines

There are many dogs living on the streets and free in the Philippines. When you inquire you can generally find out that somebody is their guardian but they are often left to feed themselves. A bit lik...
Popototan Island-Coral Bay Resort ‐ Jul 24, 2016

We meet the resort owner Ulf and local french resident Francois. Francois shows us some cunning cookery tricks with local ingredients.
Culion Island-Halsey Harbour ‐ Jul 22, 2016

After a stormy first night we meet Vic and Rose and they invite us over to their house.

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House for Sale

House For Sale

Vic worked for 20 years in Manila in an electroplating shop as a foreman. He met his wife Rose in Manilla. They have they had three children. Manilla was tough and he was often ill there so he retire...
El Nido ‐ Jul 20, 2016

Back to this busy town for a quick stopover. We hook our biggest fish so far....but it gets away. We spend a day diving on two great sites.
Aligator Bay ‐ Jul 19, 2016
Port Barton ‐ Jul 14, 2016

A short stay on the way back
Sabang ‐ Jul 13, 2016

We grockle it here and walk through the tropical forest and visit the Underground River. This was our turning point in Palawan.
Jibboom Bay ‐ Jul 12, 2016
Port Barton ‐ Jul 1, 2016

We really liked this place. ..some maintenance but otherwise we did not very much for two weeks....

Port Barton

We really fell for this place... The main road into town is unpaved for the last 20 km adding nearly an hour to the three hour journey time to the Palawan capital Puerta Princessa. The town is set on...
Liminancong ‐ Jun 29, 2016

River Banks
Malapacao ‐ Jun 26, 2016

Naked German Woman's Island

El Nido & Malapacao
El Nido ‐ Jun 23, 2016

After more than a week of little or no electronic contact with the outside world we are more than a bit frazzled by the pace in this tourist town. It rains cats on the dogs. We find some solice at the Angle Bar and some top Ukranian nosh and very rare home made yoghurt at Odessa.
Linapacan North West Bay ‐ Jun 22, 2016
Linapacan North Bay ‐ Jun 21, 2016

No internet or mobile phone here. Big villages with many children. Happy places looking in from the outside
Nangalao ‐ Jun 19, 2016

We stop over in the little island and do a little shopping, meet the Baranguay captain, disturb the students at school and get to see chilled out pig living on the beach. No mobile.

Crossing the Sulu Sea the 1st Time
Cuyo ‐ Jun 17, 2016

Wicked sunsets and some car like trikes
Nogas ‐ Jun 13, 2016

We spend a few chilled days diving and snorkelling on the reef, watching sunsets and detoxing after the city. We get visited by bats at sunset and get to hear of the famous caves with bat eating pythons!

NoGas
Lapuz Bye Bye Iloilo City ‐ May 19, 2016

Jan leaves the boat after his short stay. We start some crucial repair work to get both heads working, repairing the water maker and the generator. It's really really hot and all these failures are too much so we abandon ship for the comforts of a hotel. We meet Renee who used to work in HK and knows Simon Pickering. We get Ben back onboard to caretake Making Time while we fly to Taiwan for a family wedding celebration: our Simon and Juliet.

Taiwan
- Taipei City, Taiwan ‐ Apr 15, 2016
  
  We fly to Taipei for Simon and Juliets marriage celebration.
Guimaras-Santa Anna Bay ‐ May 16, 2016

A quick stopover including trike ride to St Miguel to the Pitstop for their famous Buko pizza but turned it down for something more classical.
Cartagena-Sea Snakes ‐ May 15, 2016

Scary snorkelling here!
Sipalay ‐ May 14, 2016

Bad Karaoke all night from shore
Port BonBonon ‐ May 13, 2016

Jan joins us and we meet some long stay yachties who set us right on what to expect in Indonesia
Cabilao ‐ May 11, 2016

Great Wall Diving
Chillout @ Bohol ‐ May 10, 2016

We hire a motorcycle and visit the famous hills. We visit an island nearby where 1000 people live with their main street underwater daily at high tide as the island sank 1.5 m in the 2013 earthquake.
Cebu Yacht Club ‐ Apr 28, 2016

Dad and Judy leave the boat and we get back into yard mode for a maintenance catch up. We meet Gary the septenarian Swan 64 owner and Ed the architect. We buy a diving air compressor so we can dive alone.
Camotes ‐ Apr 27, 2016

Very bad night on cross current and swell

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Dad
Malapascua ‐ Apr 26, 2016

Could not land here with my Dad. Reefs to tricky.
Gigante South ‐ Apr 23, 2016

We eat a plate with 100 pieces of clams for the same number of Pesos. We spend a late evening with some visitors form IloIlo. IPhones are not water proof!

Drink is Bad
Masbate-Napayauan Island ‐ Apr 22, 2016

The only place in the Philippines where we were not welcome. We were asked to leave. Private very high value growing apprarently...
Masbate-Nin Bay ‐ Apr 15, 2016

We visit Masbate from here by bus and trike. We climb a hill hollowed out with caves.
Romblon-Palje ‐ Apr 14, 2016

We meet the French Robinsoe Cruso building his Coral Garden Lodge.
Romblon - Bad Karaoke Bay ‐ Apr 13, 2016
Romblon ‐ Apr 12, 2016

Lost our mooring during the night! Move to the beautiful beach of BonBon.

Loosing our Mooring

Viviane is going to write her version but my version of this story is that I was in bed and heard a commotion on deck. I rise to find my father and Viviane in deep discussion as to the what was wron...
Campo del Maestro ‐ Apr 11, 2016

My Dad and his other half Judy join us...
Puerto Galera ‐ Mar 20, 2016

We settle down here for three weeks. We meet Larry and Daryl who give us some good steers for cruising the Philippines and Trish who opens up the yacht club to us and invites us on their Easter regatta. We learn to dive and get our Padi open water cert.

Easter Regatta
Punta Fuego Yacht Club ‐ Mar 15, 2016
Subic Bay Yacht Club ‐ Mar 6, 2016

2 000 km

Our port of entry. We say good bye to Ben who crewed with us for the passage. We repair the most washing machine and we stock up before we move south.

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Our 1st 4 day offshore passage

The Passage

It took us three weeks to pick our timing. In the end the window was probably going to be a week but could be shorter so we left before the swell had died down. As foretold by the wise in Hong Kong we...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong ‐ Feb 5, 2016

5 weeks preparing to go south and waiting on our weather window. We are helped to settle in by Darren from Peters and May the company who shipped Making time here. He organises everything for us with the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club for our stay. We meet Simon Pickering who helps us organise repair work and invites us to stay on his and his wife Maureen's farm near Angelo in the Philippines so that we get an early reconnaissance. We catch up with an old school friend and Simon joins us up with Ben [...]
who crews for us for the passage.

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Singapore, Singapore ‐ Feb 1, 2016
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates ‐ Jan 10, 2016

The boat visits the port where I used to work. Paul.
Gulf of Aden, Yemen ‐ Jan 5, 2016

The area we did not want to be caught in a sailing boat... the reason we cheated and shipped the boat
Port Said, Egypt ‐ Dec 31, 2015

Making Time Cargo with MV Heino
Marmaris Bay, Turkey ‐ Dec 19, 2015

1 000 km

We make a big change to our plans....

Plan B

Our round the world Sailing Plan was to winter for three to four months in Marmaris, spending that time back in the UK and then rejoin the boat to cruise the Mediterranean for six months before making...
Serce Limani ‐ Dec 18, 2015

Place to ourselves
Kos, Greece ‐ Dec 17, 2015

Landing Site?

Left Behind Lifejackets

Migration

Winter was coming in but the migration continued undettered. We read of winter discounts being provided by the boat men taking paying passengers across from mainland Turkey to the great European Union...
Yalikavak-Palmarina, Turkey ‐ Dec 15, 2015

Euro 140/night for the boat!
Yalikavac ‐ Dec 12, 2015

We anchor up in Yalikavac Limani, we go walking and have a two great nights of good food and music at the http://www.minorrestaurant.com before we catch up with Simon Phillips at Aura Yachting. Simon managed the first phase of our refit for us and we wanter the final checkover from him before we left.
Didim Bay ‐ Dec 11, 2015

Offseason and anchor off the main beach.

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Ephesus and Didyma
Samos Limnionas Bay ‐ Dec 10, 2015
Izmir & Manisa ‐ Dec 9, 2015
Ephesus ‐ Dec 8, 2015

Ancient Greek City Founded 10BC
Cesme ‐ Dec 6, 2015

Ancient Cities

Stopping off in Cesme we got onshore and hired a car to visit the ancient ruins of Ephesus. Again we were lucky to be off season as it was clearly set up for tourists. We found the place pretty well t...
Bozcada ‐ Dec 5, 2015

Welcoming Strangers

Bozcada architecturally looks like a Greek Island but its Turkish. We arrive at 8 at night, well after dark and go in search for something to eat and some engine oil. The place is dead, off season an...
Dardennelles Straight

Sailing South
Cinarli - Marmara Adasi ‐ Dec 4, 2015

Marble Land

With the winter closing in we were pressed for time so after a couple of test sails we left Istanbul stopping off in Marmara Adasi for our trip south to Marmaris. Half of this island is set for produ...
Saraylar - Marmara Adasi ‐ Dec 3, 2015
Bebek ‐ Nov 19, 2015

We take time out to do some grockling in Istanbul

Bosphorus Bay

Viviane joined in November once we had the boat back on the water and we spent a couple of weeks in Istanbul anchored in a small bay off the side of the Bosporus. Our neighbour was Francis, an English...
West Istanbul Marina, Turkey ‐ Nov 3, 2015

We start out refitting Making Time for the big voyage ahead.

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Refit

We joined the boat much later than planned. By the time we had closed up the Abu Dhabi house, packed our remaining 5m3 of personal effects into storage and completed our work commitments we were into...