Straits Quay Marina, Penang, Malaysia

Telaga Harbour art sunset

We have been at Straits Quay for a few days after some good sailing from Telaga. After our new batteries were fitted and the all the water maker leaks were finally plugged we left Telaga on Saturday, March 22 and we spent the night outside Rebak Marina and went to visit the Kilkea''s whose boat was on the hard. Next day we sailed to very quiet anchorage called Telak Chawa and spent the night there. We had good wind for most of the fifty mile run down to Straits Quay and we arrived on a rising tide at about 1500H. This was just as well as we entered the marina with the depth measuring 0.0 m. This marina is very small but very pleasant and quite close to all the attractions of Georgetown, which is a world heritage site. We have spent the past few days doing boat chores and wandering around Penang. I send my 110 m. of chain off to be regalvanized as it was looking a bit sad and it's one less job to do in South Africa. The 30 Amp charger that was bought in Reebak is not working well with my new batteries and won't go into float mode. Hopefully, I can get it switched out in Singapore.
On the weekend, we are going to take road trip to the tea plantations of the Cameron Highlands and stay in a nice hotel for a change. It's allegedly cooler in the mountains and I sincerely hope so because it's beastly hot in Penang.

Leaving Langkawi. We spent many good times here

Teluk Chawa. A very protected anchorage

South of Rebak

Squid boat at Teluk Chawa