and became seaworthy again. We finalized arrangements with Singapore. We made a short hop across the strait and picked up a mooring at hangi Sailing lub. The club has been helpful and welcoming. We are legal, safe from weather, and entertained by a parade of commercial shipping. We hope for an easing of ID and an easing of restrictions. We are now in range of the .S. to be able to sail home nonstop if needed.
The next leg of our journey home to Seattle begins in late January or February 2021, after the typhoon season has ended. We plan to follow the Great ircle route, the shortest mileage, past Borneo, the hilippines, Taiwan, Japan, the Aleutians, and British olumbia, and finally arrive home in uget Sound. The big question is whether we will be allowed to stop anywhere. ot being able to stop in countries we pass is a big downside of sailing in ID times. We have missed and will miss exploring wonderful places, but we’ll leave Singapore ready to sail nonstop if necessary.✧
A out t e Aut ors Ginger and Peter Niemann began a liveaboard, sailing, and cruising life in 2004 when they bought a 47-foot sloop, Marcy. She was in disrepair, but they fixed her up and departed on a four-year circumnavigation. Their journey took them from Seattle westabout via Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. Highlights included South Pacific islands, a winter in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, and Madagascar; rounding Cape Horn and exploring the Beagle Channel and Patagonian canals; and coming home via Hawaii and Alaska. Back in Seattle, Peter and Ginger got jobs, recharged the cruising kitty, found a new boat, Irene, a 50-foot ketch with standing headroom for Peter, and departed again in 2016 on their current extended voyage. They plan to return to their home waters in 2021. Ginger and Peter prefer to sail double-handed, which they regard as a safer—someone is always on watch— yet more difficult version of single-handing, as most watches are indeed single-handed. (Why more difficult? Couples challenges!) They rely on each other absolutely and enjoy growing their coexistence, communication, and competence skills as they continue their life afloat. They are pictured here in Finike, Turkey.
ss e
4
