A journal about boat buying and cruising in Singapore and the SE Asia Region

Saturday, October 22, 2005

SHE'S HERE!!!!!


After a few months of waiting the day (well night actually) finally arrived when Sofa So Good sailed into Singapore waters albeit inside the M/V OOCL Malaysia.

She was unloaded at 0530 after a long wait from 0230 when I turned up to check her out. I was allowed onboard to check out her fine living quarters which consisted of a private suite below decks.

Jimmy and Ahmah were fantastic during the night although it now turns out that Pentagon have declared the beam incorrectly which means that she won't be delivered to Raffles until Monday night so I think Tuesday may have to be a leave day.

But even with the problems she's still here and the packing all looks to be intact.

Woo Hoo.

Friday, October 21, 2005

To Good To Be True

Sure enough the freight company has thrown a spanner in the works by now stating that the insurance to cover the boat from the port to Raffles Marina is S$350 however the insurance company must also inspect the boat before the shipment begins which is likely to cost around S$1,800.

The insurance all the way from Slovenia, through Europe and onboard the ship only cost S$1,200 which really bugs me and I they only tell me this the day the boat is arriving.

Ho hum I guess we'll just have to live with it at least we'll have the joy of seeing the boat here tonight now that we have our port clearances.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Little Powerful Panda

The generator has now turned up in Singapore which is pretty good timing with the boat showing up tomorrow. The generator is only for powering the aircon units and possibly a microwave if we get round to putting one in so we don't need a large one and have opted for the Fischer Panda 6000 which with a 6KW output should hopefully have enough umph to keep us nice and cool.

Am a little concerned regarding the electronics as we have been told they are 1-2 weeks from order and the order only went in on Tuesday so this could potentially delay the launch but with a little luck they'll turn up earlier.

The clearance of the boat is now being organised by Pentagon Freight and she should be taken from the port to Raffles Marina overnight Saturday so we'll be having a late night.

Photos to follow very soon.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

3 Days To Go

Have now paid the GST for the boat and have ordered all the electronics from MYS who will also be doing the installation over the next couple of weeks.

The only slight concern at the moment is whether the electronics will arrive on time to enable MYS to start work on Monday although I would guess that they'd want to get the keel and rudder on first.

It's all getting very close and should be a great weekend.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

4 Days To Go

Had Ned Lloyd on the phone today confirming that the ship is on it's way and was I expecting a large delivery - damn right we are.

Insurance has now been paid and at S$7,000/year it had better be worth it.

Pentagon Freight are taking care of the clearing process and for the delivery from the port to Raffles Marina where Jeffrey and his guys at Marina Yacht Services will earn their money by installing the electronics, generator and doing all the bits for commissioning.

Hopefully we'll be in the water the second week of November but it would be better not to rush this and get her right rather than launch and have to pull her again.