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December 11, 2006

Raja Laut in Langkawi

To all who are following the journey of the classic yacht Raja Laut,

Ahoy from Langkawi!

Raja Laut is now at the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club, which is Malaysia's largest marina located near Langkawi's main settlement of Kuah. This is a great place to be for any yacht that wishes to have access to the wonders of the Andaman Sea. Many sailing itineraries are possible including the stunning islands of Thailand's Phang-Nga Bay just a few hours away by sail. The marina has 205 berths, and the club itself is like a small village offering supplies, recreation and sporting facilities, a swimming pool, jacuzzi, restaurant.

Our passage from Borneo was the very definition of "smooth sailing" - the wind was rarely above 10 knots and the sea state calm, almost glassy. Raja Laut was motoring ninety percent of the time, and she averaged 9knots. The passage was an amazingly quick 7 day affair, which included a day stop over at Port Dickson - at the Admiral Marina just minutes away from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

In Port Dickson on Monday we welcomed 3 guests aboard the yacht who have flown over from Paris to join the sail up to Langkawi. Departing the morning after at dusk, Raja Laut was breezing smoothly past the beautiful Pulau Pangkor by night, and continuing through to the early hours of Wednesday morning past the vibrant port of Penang until she reached the southern islands of the Langkawi group on Thursday.

We anchored by Pulau Dayang Bunting and visited the lake of the "Pregnant Maiden".

Above all other holiday resorts in Malaysia, Langkawi and her 99 islands boasts of the existence of various legends and myths. The legend of Pulau Dayang Bunting tells of how the lake’s reputed power to cure infertility came about when it was blessed by a fairy princess. The fairy princess fell in love and married a mortal prince. The couple conceived a child soon after, but lost the child not long after birth. It was believed that the couple chose the lake area to bury their child and the fairy princess blessed the lake so that any woman who has difficulty to conceive will be rewarded and blessed with a child if she drank the water from the lake.

We certainly look forward to hearing more legends and visiting more of these beautiful islands cruising with you in the future.

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