Sunday 11 May On our way

It should have been a simple departure; we had our port clearance brought to the boat at 10am, decks freshly washed, lines were ready to slip and the tide had turned to ebb. Just at that point the gremlins decided to strike; the bowthruster failed to respond to it's 'on' switch. It was dead despite a check through all the electrical systems two days ago. David quickly effected a hot wire for the faulty switch and we were back in business and off the dock.

Heading down to our planned anchorage south of the Tuas bridge (a second bridge between Singapore and Malaysia) we discovered the out haul switch for the main sail was also dead. Had we had a near miss from one of the daily thunderstorms or a coincidence?

Anchorage near Tuas bridge