SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE

Singapore is celebrating its 53^rd birthday. The island has almost doubled in size over those 53 years, due to reclaiming. So most of the new residential and industrial Singapore is build on sand. Obviously, the waterways are getting more narrow. Yes, space on the island and its waterways is becoming lesser and lesser while the population is growing.

Sailing through Singapore waterways, shared with Malaysia & actually called Johor Strait, is becoming difficult. Some years ago Singapore was a sailors friendly country. Guess, while space is becoming limited, sailing visitors are not welcome. Not so ships that are money making enterprise. Yachts with much lesser engine power are being send to shipping lanes where speedy 20 000 tonnes ships are creating a wake that rocks yachts gunnel to gunnel.

Unaware of the changes introduced in the last couple of years we managed to get a glimpse of this beautiful city before being escorted by police to roll of the shipping lane.

Luckily, visited many times before, Singapore stays in our memory as stunning, visitor friendly city with delicious cuisine displayed in many restaurants.

It was great to relax in a comfortable anchorage on the Malaysian side after some nautical miles added and not so smooth sailing passage. 

Happy Birthday Singapore!