Irene Undertakes a Long Upwind Slog, Singapore to Okinawa
Goodbye Singapore, Thank You For the Shelter In our last post, Irene had arrived in Singapore after being turned away by Indonesia (after a long direct voyage from Turkey.) In Singapore we picked up a mooring buoy in front of Changi Sailing Club, where we passed the next 127 days waiting for either a change in policy allowing us ashore in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, or Indonesia or the change in season that would allow us to continue on our journey home to Seattle. Those changes in policy never materialized in any practical sense, so we counted the days, watched the weather and planned our escape. Paint test float Changi While in Singapore we developed a pleasant shipboard routine on our mooring at Changi. On most Friday evenings we would share a dinner with Carolyn and Fatty, sometimes with some of their local friends, aboard Irene or Ganesh. We shared enjoyable days with our neighbor Adamastor, a young English couple with three wonderful childr...