The day before we left Penang we had a second go at hiking up 'Penang hill which has a cable car going to the top. This time we were in a bit better shape from our first attempt and we made it to the top which is 830 Meters and 5km one way. Great views from the top. After checking the prices for taking the cable car down we decided to hike down as well. The knees all did okay, it was great to get some real exercise again.
It was another crack of dawn start to head to Langkawi 58 miles away. A mile out of the marina we saw the first long floating surface net we had seen in a while. Then we soon saw dozens of fish boats. We went through 3 large fleets of fish boats the first 20 miles. Then saw some strange vertical sticks in groups of 10 or 15 sticking straight out of the water and the water was a 100ft deep. I suspect a net was underneath and there was dozens of them for several miles around 5 .49N and 100 .06E. They could be a problem for night sailing as they had no lights. Saw almost no fish boats the last 25 miles.
On the whole we had fast conditions today with a light NE wind and no swell, for good motor sailing, and actually managed to sail 6 or 7 miles. We arrived at our anchorage by 5PM and dropped anchor in 15ft at 06 18.674N 99 50.736E off the town of Kuah. Lots of other yachts around us for a change and big ferry boats running back and forth.
We cleared in with customs first thing in the morning which took all of two minutes, and then looked around the town. Langkawi is a duty free island almost on the Thailand border, so has lots of duty free stores. They are selling brand name chocolates, china and corning ware and liquor. Beer was cheaper than anywhere I had seen before, a can for much less than a dollar. The supermarkets where you buy food were not all that great.
The anchorage where we are now is good though it got a we bit bouncy this afternoon with a wind blowing into the bay and lots of boats running to and fro. There is a nice dinghy dock at head of bay, we just watched where the other dinghys went to see where to go. Supposedly it is 3 rm a day but the guy is hardly ever around to collect it apparently. Tomorrow we will be moving into Rebak Marina about 11 miles away on the West side of Langkawi. It's entance wp is 6 17.445N 99 41.729E and VHF ch 69.
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