DATE: 1/7/11

TIME: GMT +8 12:00 NOON

POSITION: 06 21.102N 097 35.075E

SOG: 7.7 KNOTS

COG: 271

WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 5 KNOTS OUT OF THE EAST

SEAS: ONE METER ON THE STERN

SKIES: OVERCAST

TEMP: 31C 88F

DISTANCE MADE GOOD: LAST 17.5 HOURS, 129 NM, AVERAGE 7.4 KNOTS TO DESTINATION: 1393 NM TIME TO DESTINATION: 7 DAYS, 17 HOURS.

COMMENTS: PRIMARY AUTOPILOT FAILED DURING DEPARTURE FROM LANGKAWI. I REWIRED THE SECONDARY TO THE PRIMARY’S PUMP, REMOTE, AND DISPLAY. EITHER THE PRIMARY GPS COMPASS OR THE PROCESSING UNIT FAILED. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A COMNAV DEALER IN COCHIN, LET ME KNOW.

Hi Everyone

Just wanted to send one last email before we set off on our passage to India. DoraMac is ready as she can be and Randal and I, almost ready. We certainly have done all we can to prepare ourselves, and as you saw from the previous email, we certainly won’t starve. I have watched all week as Randal has tackled all of the jobs on his list to insure we’ll have no problems along the way. But if something should arise, I have confidence that we can deal with it. Randal can just about take every system apart and put it back together again. Hopefully that won’t happen and it will be a calm voyage.

I’ll miss the contact from all of you. Even though we’re half way around the world, it doesn’t seem so far because of email. But we won’t have that along the way. Our cell phone Internet service is limited to Malaysia and we won’t be stopping at any marinas along the way to use their wifi. We have limited sailmail so you can check our website for short postings. When we get to India we should have access again, but perhaps not where we are berthed so may have to rely on Internet Cafes. It’s going to be a very short baseball season for me. Maybe by May I’ll be able to follow the Sox on a daily basis. Until then I’ll just have to wish and wonder.

Ready at the starting line.

So Happy New Year to all of you. Save your thoughts and email me when we’re settled.

Ru

Doramac