Sailing Alone Through the Pirate Waters of Indonesia | Episode 385

Sailing north-west across the pirate waters of Indonesia towards the Malacca Strait used to be dangerous, and some ships are still boarded, so there's always a slight frisson when sailboats take this route.
The next leg required some consideration; our last stop in Indonesia, Kapala Jernih Island would be the launch point to cross the Malacca strait. But from Titapan, we're talking 60 nautical miles, the area is prone to strong currents as well as the occasional piracy. And with the South Easterly Trades still blowing, there were few places to shelter between these two points.

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00:00 Leaving Kentar
00:26 The hazards of fishing platforms
01:07 Recounting when we almost ran aground
02:05 Expecting currents
02:29 Platform sequence
03:02 The lives of local fishing communities
04:36 Squally weather
05:39 About Titapan, today's destination
07:43 Passage planning the next leg
08:27 Strong currents
09:04 Explaining our strategy for crossing the shipping lane
10:04 Our last full day in Indonesia
10:20 Piracy in the Singapore and Malacca Straits
11:00 Problems with internet and uploading our episodes
11:45 Rigging up the staysail when running down wind
13:14 Halyard wrap and how we avoid it
14:43 Flying the kraken
15:34 Doing eight knots with the code zero and currents
16:09 Final anchorage by the shipping lane of Singapore - ‪@NOFOREIGNLAND‬

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