Well, last month ended in our arrival to the beautiful Island of Langkawi and we arrived in good weather, slack water and tied up in an orde...

Today is the 30th April and if you have been reading my posts you realize that I have been onboard Kalizma continuously for one year. Rich...

So, we left Mumbai finally and were underway to Langkawi via Cochin. The reason for stopping in Cochin was to take cheaper fuel from there a...

Kalizma at Victoria Docks

March was spent alongside in Mumbai only. We had a MCA commercial yacht status survey and inclination test that was concluded on the 4th. Th...

Thor Mercury on the beach

River Princess wreck at Candolim Beach that has eroded the beach by several meters

Boss gave orders same day early morning that he wants to cruise Grandi Is. Next morning we scrambled up all agents and navy personnel as the...

Many foreigners who work on yachts always get confused when they are asked about their ENG1 medical cert.

We arrived the brewery at noon and was met by the various smells of fermenting grains and hops that is associated with a brewery as we were ...

As we entered the garden on a footpath from the ticket booth we heard group of ladies walking in a circle, clapping their hands while singin...

A few weeks back I was related a true story from a cruise ship of how a personal drama evolved to remarkable proportions, read on. Cruise sh...

M/y Kalizma alongside Victoria Docks

Letter of protest from 1872

I had been invited to meet my friend Atul Gaikwad that lives close to Mumbai (at least when you look at the map) and this Saturday I decided...

Just last saturday, 3rd Jan, I had a fire onboard, it was very small and nobody was hurt, but nevertheless could have caused a total loss in...

So it was 31/12, the last day of the year. The day started as any other day here in Mumbai. It is sunny here now in winter time and reasonab...

   Cellular jail (source: Flickr on  Trawell  )

Taking a greenie on deck

We arrived Galle roads at 7am 18th Dec and I contacted the Port control. Port Control instructed us to proceed in and a naval patrol boarded...

Once alongside I met our agent Salim Jadwett and his nephew Ashraf that was the “action man”. Well, we started tackling the publicans and fi...

Here are some services I found good and reliable when I have been visiting Singapore. Map of Singapore marinas

Holy Cow

Smiling paan wala