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01/12/22 Thurs.  Happy Birthday Ann!  This evening we were treated to a very good firework display at the end of the bay, to celebrate the lighting of the Christmas tree in The Peoples Park.

14/12/22 Weds. Over the last few days, I've fixed a faulty inverter socket, rewired some of the 12v panel, installed two new USB ports, and priced up 8mm and 10mm rope from Broadwater Marine here in PP with which I intend to replace barber haulers and furling control lines.

17/12/22 Sat.  Yesterday, we bought 16 mtrs of 8mm braid on braid for the barber haulers and today we spliced the eyes on the ends for the pulleys before refitting them to the genoa sheets.

18/12/22 Sun.  Went to the filling station this morning for 60 litres of diesel (Akroyd fuel), far more expensive here than in Sabah!  Here it is 72.55 peso per litre - about 5.78MYR (or £1.08) whereas in Sabah it is 2.30MYR per litre (0.43p).  I put 40 litres in the tank which is now full and we have another 40 litres in jerry cans on deck.  Sim cards for phones are about to become a problem - from December 27, all new sim cards have to be registered, which is understandable.  All existing sim cards must be registered before June, again understandable except.....for foreign visitors the sim will only be active for 30 days, which means you would have to change your telephone number every month, buy another sim card and lose any credit you may have had on the old card.  And they say it will be simple and convenient!  Thankfully, I won't be here by June!

23/12/22 Fri.  Spent the day running new cable to connect a 3-pin socket and 4 USB ports to the inverter.

24/12/22 Sat.  The Facebook police threw me in jail this morning for 2 days for apparently breaching their 'community standards.'  I fail to see how a photo of my boat with 'Merry Christmas' across it breaks any rules!

25/12/22 Sun.

 

Merry Christmas to all family and friends both near and far!  The above photo is the one that got me jailed on Facebook!  Go figure!!

26/12/2022 Mon.  Ana has spent a week or so making a new mainsail cover for Pete on 'Zosha'.

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