Phuket to Singapore was my first long distance sailing adventure! What an experience! I wish I could tell you that I had the time of my life. Embarrassingly, I was flat on my back for most of it. As it turns out, I'm not a natural sailor.
I remember we had to motor a fair bit as we had wind on the nose from Langkawi to Port Dickson. Let me just say, wind on the nose is not pleasant and neither is motoring.
It's one thing to use the engine when we need to anchor or maneuver in a marina or short distances when there's...