Rehua 2.0

Rehua has been upgraded, refreshed, repainted and is ready for the next leg of our journey. We hauled out here at Raffles Marina, earlier this year, for some much needed bottom care. Given the uncertainty on where we might be able to haul out next, we decided to go for the longer lasting copper coat …

Autumn Days in Singapore

It’s a bit of an oxymoron. Of course, there’s no such thing as a proper ‘Autumn’ here in the tropics. Singapore is close to the Equator and tends to be hot and humid all year round (although funnily enough, according to the forecast, temperatures may dip to 22 degrees Celsius in the next couple of …

Another Year, Another Plan

If you would have told me ten years ago that I would be living and working in Singapore, as part of a stopover on an around-the-world sailing adventure, in a marina, on a boat, a catamaran nonetheless (instead of a monohull), I would have laughed and told you you were crazy. When we left the …

Romantic Escape, Chased by Warship

Last weekend was a four-day long break for most people in Singapore. On Friday, the young nation celebrated its 54th birthday and on Monday, there was a public holiday for the annual Muslim observation of Haji (the ritual pilgrimage to Mecca). Friends at Raffles Marina were planning a short week cruising around the south of …

Settling in at Raffles Marina

The months have just flown by and we can't believe it's April tomorrow (and that means another birthday coming up very soon). I think it's fair to say we're still settling in. Raffles marina is great, we definitely made the right choice in terms of Singapore marinas. The pool was the determining factor for the …

Welcome to Singapore

First of all, I'm very happy to report that Tyrii is recovering really well. He's managing to eat solid foods again and can almost speak normally again too. The stitches (16 or so!) will take up to 3 months to dissolve. I don't think he will be doing any front flips for a while and …