Jeremy Camps writes with the following update from the Malaysian Squib Fleet
Hi Everone!
Many thanks for sending the latest edition of Squibblings, which we all much enjoyed
We recently had an event which I think is worth reporting , our visit to the other yacht club, from which we are a breakaway
The idea was simply to showcase the Squibs. Its a 3 to 4 hour sail from our marina base to them and going there is fine, with the prevailing wind from astern and the combination of 3 stretches and tides works out OK. However on the way back ..its no fun. Good tide for 2 stretches means poor for the 3rd sail /motoring and lot of tacking is the only way but it still took hours
Anyway it was a big sucess!
They really liked the Squibs and the ‘big boss’ Lord Richard, chairman of the Yacht Club Supervisory Committee is seriously thinking of getting one while his his other boat is a restored. That boat is an 1890 Bristol Cutter which he shares with our local Sultan. They also did the Peking-Paris Rally in a vintage Chevrolet so they are clearly very keen on tradition. (Richard’s Dad was the British Resident, the advisor to the current Sultan’s Dad and before that, his grandfather Grandfather, this was how the British ruled so they grew up together. It all happens here !)
Jeremy Camps