We left our anchorage at Jerejak Island at 4.30 a.m. on 28 February bound for Pangkor Island. The forecast winds were for NW 15 knots so we were confident of reaching our destination, 77 nautical miles to the south, while still in daylight. As a bonus we had fast flowing spring tides in our favour for the first few hours and then again from about 1.00 p.m. We still had over 2 hours before any sort of dawn in the moonless sky and we passed a few trawlers and fishing boats coming back into port in the dark and just before dawn a line of lights to starboard proved not to be on land when we realised they were all moving. A fleet of fishing boats was setting off for the day's fishing and as we moved southward they all passed astern of us!! Something was in our favour and the rest of the day went well, apart from the fact that the wind was a bit too light to consider switching off the engine given the distance we had to travel. 
About 20 miles out of Pangkor we decided that time was on our side and instead of continuing on to Pangkor where the western anchorages would be open to the NW breeze and waves, we changed course for the port of Lumut. Lumut is on the Dinding River, on the mainland side of Pangkor Island. We entered this busy little port with its navy base, busy ferry terminal, tugs pulling barges laden with sand, ships at anchor and fishing boats zipping all over. We continued on upstream to the Lumut International Yacht Club and anchored off, out of the channel and out of the way of tugs with barges. We still had over an hour until sunset and relaxed in the cockpit watching all the activity going on about us, including two White-bellied sea eagles scrabbling over best position on a nearby yacht's masthead!
About 20 miles out of Pangkor we decided that time was on our side and instead of continuing on to Pangkor where the western anchorages would be open to the NW breeze and waves, we changed course for the port of Lumut. Lumut is on the Dinding River, on the mainland side of Pangkor Island. We entered this busy little port with its navy base, busy ferry terminal, tugs pulling barges laden with sand, ships at anchor and fishing boats zipping all over. We continued on upstream to the Lumut International Yacht Club and anchored off, out of the channel and out of the way of tugs with barges. We still had over an hour until sunset and relaxed in the cockpit watching all the activity going on about us, including two White-bellied sea eagles scrabbling over best position on a nearby yacht's masthead!
