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01/01/25 Weds.

03/01/25 Fri. We've had a couple of days of weak sunshine - it's still hot though and a little battery power has been added.  We didn't do anything special for NYE, watched the Sydney Harbour fireworks and then the local ones here (3 hours later) and then the London ones the next morning.

06/01/25  The cruise ship MS Noordam is back in for the day, this time on a 28 day round trip from Singapore - Philippines - PNG - Cairns - Singapore.

08/01/25 Weds.  Had a haircut this morning on the aft deck and while returning to the cockpit I somehow took a chunk out of my forearm!  I only realised when the cockpit seat was covered in blood and I never felt anything and have no idea how I did it - no sense, no feeling!.  It's a perfectly round piece of skin and flesh about 1.5cm in diameter and looked like an opened can of food.

12/01/25 Sun. Another cruise ship in today, this time the AidaStella on a 21 day round trip from Bangkok and return.  Had one of the local boys clean the underwater area of the hull this morning in preparation for leaving but somehow I think we are going to have to extend my visa again as the weather isn't looking good.  According to the Windy App we have increasing winds each day (currently 25-30 knts) and 2-3 metre seas, so I don't fancy a rough ride down to Kudat.  We will have to see how it goes over the next few days.

13/01/25 Mon. Still no change to the weather forecast, looks very much like our planned Wednesday departure will have to be put on hold.

16/01/25 Thurs. The cruise ship Norwegian Sky came in for the day.  The weather is getting better and we decided that we could sail on Saturday or Sunday morning, and with that in mind we went off to the Immigration to start the procedure for check out.  Plans came unravelled in the office because I have to get an exit visa (police check) which takes 3 working days and wouldn't be done until next Tuesday.  Anyway, nothing can be done about that, so I gave them 3 mug shots and inked my fingerprints to start the process.  We will go to Quarantine on Monday and get that done and Tuesday we can go to Immigration again and get Customs to come to the boat.

 

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