Holy $**t! The guys on the police boat were decent enough enough (the not knowing sucked) But coming in at night, under the bridge, and then finding your berth.....i can't even imagine. Great job navigating all of that.... you made it look easy but we know it wasn't! Wew!
Great video. So nice to see you back. Hope you had a great break with family and friends. But hey always nice to come back home to your yacht. Looking forward to following you on the rest of your adventure.
Please stick with us as we cross the Indian Ocean this season. The plan is - Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Tanzania, Madagascar, and South Africa. Just getting ready to leave Thailand for Sri Lanka. Cheers! Ken and Zivile
given how busy that area is with boats I am guessing the cops feel like they need to keep stuff as locked down as they can to keep it from going into complete chaos.
Wow, Guys,, that was A Nightmare of a crossing. Ken, I love the way you "All-Ways", stay, Cool. Calm & Collected in any situation!! Things just go So-Much-Better for you when you're like that. So excited that season-#4 has begun. I look forward to your How-To & Informational videos. With All-Do-Respect, your wife is A Beautiful & Classy Lady. I'm glad you hid The Qualudes well!!! LMAO!! Gotta Love Our 70's Era growing up!! Safe Travels & Adventures.
Attitude will get you no where when dealing with the police. I could tell that the Policeman I was dealing with just wanted to let us go after 10 minutes, it was someone he was talking to on the radio that kept delaying our release. But, hope some viewers will learn from our mistake!
Welcome back! I would have thought the marinara you checked out of would have advised you on the Singapore transit procedures. Oh well, you survived...
You may want to try monitoring ch 13 (bridge to bridge) to make passing arrangements. Remember, if large vessels can operate 24/7 in congested waters and depart and arrive in darkness, you can too. Also cruising guides, charts and sailing directions show restricted waters, and give instructions for clearing in and out. Chart plotters are great, but mariners need more than that. Unfortunately professional mariners despise recreational boaters in general, but if we pleasure craft people mimic us professional mariners things go better. Thanks for great vids. I’m subscribing.
We didn't think we did anything wrong, so didn't really understand why the police were stopping us. Had I know that we could have received a S$10K fine, it might have changed my attitude.
The fact is that going sailing around the world is not simply a matter of travelling with the aid of electronic means: there are rules, laws, convenctions, uses etc all included in the appropriate "Sailing Directions multi volume enciyclopedia" along with various additional volumes attaining to all facets of sea life (buoyage system, lights, tides.....) These things are the daily bread of a sea captain but a minimum comprehension of procedures should be the normal behaviour of all seafahrers. The tiny screens of your plotters, the failure prone electronic devices (experience) should suggest to keep on board a minimum but vital of real nautical charts, expecially for area of difficult navigation and keep them updated. Bon voyage.
You just need to sail closer to the shipping lanes to stay out of Singapore waters. There is only a few hundred meters between the shipping lanes and the Singapore border. I’ve sailed the straight 3 times last year without any issues. The police boats did come right up to our boat but cannot legally do anything until crossing into their waters.
you are right. When sailing through waters of a country and not going to or coming from that country, they may not even impede (hinder) your vessel. It is called "the right of innocent passage".
Thanks for the video, I follow many yachting couples and not many talk about or go into detail about these issues you experienced. Eventually someday I’d get a sailing boat and would like to know w more detail what the police or border patrol can or can not do. Are they allowed to board your vessel? Do they have the rights to search you or your boat?
I don't know the exact laws. I would think if you're in open ocean no one should board your boat. But, if you're in a countries territorial water, then I would expect they have the right to board your boat. That said, it would be tough to say "NO" to a boat asking to board you when they are pointing a 50 cal at you!
Singapore is (deadly) serious about everything. Wasn't the Australian marina chief guy in Indonesia aware of the Singaporean sensitivity about trespassing their territory, so he could have warned you?
I have been stopped several times by the River Thames Police, once I refused for them to come aboard as they had put up such a wash. They were not happy as I did this on my radio, now every one on the river knew the police boat was about. When the water had calmed an officer came aboard and asked why we had used the radio, I explained well that's what boaters use!!! I added I have no problem with police checks, but I do have a problem having a boat charge at me against the tide, then do a 180 and go full astern to slow. Very poor seaman ship. Bare in mind my wooden boat was built in 1930.
Hi Robert, Sorry to hear that this is not an option for you. But, please stick with us, and enjoy the circumnavigation through our channel. Ken and Zivile
Yr Wynt meh. It’s all abstract lines on a map. They only matter when people agree to them being there. If we all ignore them then do they truly matter?
A Military Restricted Zone? MMM. Jong Fairway, to Salat Pauh Anchorage, to Selat Pauh Petroleum Anchorage, to Sinki Fairway then back into the Singapore Straight... Where is this Military Zone? Yr just Wrng!
Sailing Aquarius Around The World There is a restricted live firing area immediately to the west of P Sudong which is adjacent to the south eastern corner of the Sinki Fairway. It extends south and covers Pawai and Senang and ends at the Raffles lighthouse. With the border being so close to land, Singapore is highly sensitive and tracks everything and everyone. They are currently installing almost island wide floating barrier to the coast. I wouldn’t take it personally, we all get spoken to! Missed you in Nongsa a few weeks ago. Safe travels!
Haha they would have spent a couple of hrs in there smoko room checking out your TH-cam videos ..Before they decided to give you, Your get out of Jail free card..
@@SailingAquarius Absolutely sorry if it seemed like I was accusing you of that was not my intent! Save travels and I love the channel! My wife lived in Singapore for a number of years and though most of Asia is rather harsh on there laws Singapore is on the extreme side of that fence lol. For instence you can receive up to a $5000.00 fine and 6 months in prison for spitting on the street!
OH no pulled over, what is it? DUI, speeding, mast too long, who knows with police only they know their rules you are not supposed to understand but you must obey every little rule that exists.
We probably should have known, but everyone makes a few mistakes. Some of the mistakes takes you a few hours, and some cost you a few thousand dollars. I liked this small mistake! 2.5 hours and we were back on our way.....
Holy $**t! The guys on the police boat were decent enough enough (the not knowing sucked) But coming in at night, under the bridge, and then finding your berth.....i can't even imagine. Great job navigating all of that.... you made it look easy but we know it wasn't! Wew!
Yes, the night arrival was more difficult than hanging out with the Police.
Nice episode, thank you for the information regarding crossing Singapore waters 👍
Make sure you stay out of Singapore water, unless you plan to check into Singapore...
You’re back ! Great !! And off to not a dull moment. Thanks
Indeed 😂
Beautifl...super ...alll.. vidéo. Enjoy👍👍👍
Great video. So nice to see you back. Hope you had a great break with family and friends. But hey always nice to come back home to your yacht. Looking forward to following you on the rest of your adventure.
Please stick with us as we cross the Indian Ocean this season. The plan is - Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Tanzania, Madagascar, and South Africa. Just getting ready to leave Thailand for Sri Lanka. Cheers! Ken and Zivile
Nice to see start of season 4. I here for it all
Thanks Dennis! We will be crossing the Indian Ocean this season!
Welcome back, had the same happen to me 12 months ago, can be quite aggressive at times
Yes they can, but that said, they do have to protect their borders.
given how busy that area is with boats I am guessing the cops feel like they need to keep stuff as locked down as they can to keep it from going into complete chaos.
welcome back guys.and well done with that night docking.
Thanks, but we had some help! Our New Neighbors were AWESOME!
Good job Capt. you’re the man!!!!
No, I met the Man, and he let me go!
Wow, Guys,, that was A Nightmare of a crossing. Ken, I love the way you "All-Ways", stay, Cool. Calm & Collected in any situation!! Things just go So-Much-Better for you when you're like that. So excited that season-#4 has begun. I look forward to your How-To & Informational videos. With All-Do-Respect, your wife is A Beautiful & Classy Lady. I'm glad you hid The Qualudes well!!! LMAO!! Gotta Love Our 70's Era growing up!! Safe Travels & Adventures.
What really happened was that I swallowed all the qualudes just before we got pulled over by the cops.... That calmed me down!
@@nooneanybodyknows1321 I Love It!! lol I used to Clock-In @ Work @ 7:14 Every Morning back in the late '70's. Some understood & some Didn't!! lol
Well, Season 4 got off to an interesting start....Can't wait to see what the rest of the season has in store for us. Take care, see ya next week.
Thanks Rick!
Great start to season 4.
Thanks Roger
Ahh god ! when you said ahh haliluya I jumped I was watching so intently . I would have been bricking it under that bridge too
Even though I knew Aquarius' mast should clear the bridge by just under 5 meters, I was still a bit worried!
Very interesting video. You looked so relaxed while hauled over by the Singapore Police, I doubt I would have been the same.
Attitude will get you no where when dealing with the police. I could tell that the Policeman I was dealing with just wanted to let us go after 10 minutes, it was someone he was talking to on the radio that kept delaying our release. But, hope some viewers will learn from our mistake!
My favorite channel, nice to see you back.
WE ARE BACK, and crossing the Indian Ocean Soon.
Welcome back! I would have thought the marinara you checked out of would have advised you on the Singapore transit procedures. Oh well, you survived...
Yes, John would have gave us advise, but he just started at Nongsa Point Marina. Can't hold him responsible for my mistake.
great info to know, thanks
Thank you for watching
You may want to try monitoring ch 13 (bridge to bridge) to make passing arrangements. Remember, if large vessels can operate 24/7 in congested waters and depart and arrive in darkness, you can too. Also cruising guides, charts and sailing directions show restricted waters, and give instructions for clearing in and out. Chart plotters are great, but mariners need more than that. Unfortunately professional mariners despise recreational boaters in general, but if we pleasure craft people mimic us professional mariners things go better. Thanks for great vids. I’m subscribing.
Thanks!!
Nerve wracking. Well done to control your emotions.
We didn't think we did anything wrong, so didn't really understand why the police were stopping us. Had I know that we could have received a S$10K fine, it might have changed my attitude.
Very scary stuff with all those ships around you then having to deal with the police, You handled it well. I would have been a wreck after all that
I did have a well deserved beer, or three, after we finally put Aquarius to bed!
The fact is that going sailing around the world is not simply a matter of travelling with the aid of electronic means: there are rules, laws, convenctions, uses etc all included in the appropriate "Sailing Directions multi volume enciyclopedia" along with various additional volumes attaining to all facets of sea life (buoyage system, lights, tides.....) These things are the daily bread of a sea captain but a minimum comprehension of procedures should be the normal behaviour of all seafahrers. The tiny screens of your plotters, the failure prone electronic devices (experience) should suggest to keep on board a minimum but vital of real nautical charts, expecially for area of difficult navigation and keep them updated. Bon voyage.
Yes Nemo :)
Great vid ya'll.
Thanks 😊
You just need to sail closer to the shipping lanes to stay out of Singapore waters. There is only a few hundred meters between the shipping lanes and the Singapore border. I’ve sailed the straight 3 times last year without any issues. The police boats did come right up to our boat but cannot legally do anything until crossing into their waters.
Thanks for the comment. We entered Singapore, and we paid with a 2.5 hour detention.
Too much boat traffic. Wildness, I say! Whew!😁
Whew 😁 is exactly how I felt!
You outlaws you! LOL
Yep, that's me, Josey Wales!
you are right. When sailing through waters of a country and not going to or coming from that country, they may not even impede (hinder) your vessel. It is called "the right of innocent passage".
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA does not think that way, but almost every other country in the world does. Just an innocent error. :)
Where is that Marina in Malasya? A small obe just after the bridge, near the inmigration and customs complex?
Puteri Harbour, about 200 meters North of Singapore.
You Guy's are Cool,
Thanks Brian!
I’ve never went though that part of the world. Does the pilot book also not show this area of Singapore waters.
Yes, it does. We should have read more about Singapore, and how they protect their waters!
Sailing Aquarius Around The World great story anyway. We never remember the good easy passages. It’s always those ones that we cherish the most :)
Thanks for the video, I follow many yachting couples and not many talk about or go into detail about these issues you experienced. Eventually someday I’d get a sailing boat and would like to know w more detail what the police or border patrol can or can not do. Are they allowed to board your vessel? Do they have the rights to search you or your boat?
I don't know the exact laws. I would think if you're in open ocean no one should board your boat. But, if you're in a countries territorial water, then I would expect they have the right to board your boat. That said, it would be tough to say "NO" to a boat asking to board you when they are pointing a 50 cal at you!
Good video, that arrival, with all the lights in the night, really superb... (but why did you add that monotonous and repetitive music ???)
Sorry you didn't enjoy the music.
Singapore is (deadly) serious about everything. Wasn't the Australian marina chief guy in Indonesia aware of the Singaporean sensitivity about trespassing their territory, so he could have warned you?
John just started as Marina manager so I would not hold him responsible for my mistake. But now the marina should have a flyer for departing vessels.
I thought that you can transit through a countries waters as long as you have no intention of making landfall?
I thought so as well. But, not Singapore. Almost every place we have been, accept New Zealand, we were able to transit the waters.
Hi guys
Hello C!
Too many lights with too many people, give me a remote island any time.
The fog of bureaucracy is almost worse than real fog. And I really hate real fog at sea. Glad you got out of it ok. Just frayed around the edges.
That was hair raising.
So you invaded Singapore.
I mean how much damage could you do?
You don't even have a cannon.
😋
Who sez we don't have a cannon?
"quaaludes" LOL, showing your age sir...
Please, please don't call me sir... :(
Ha ha malaysia hate that boat
I understand why!
I have been stopped several times by the River Thames Police, once I refused for them to come aboard as they had put up such a wash. They were not happy as I did this on my radio, now every one on the river knew the police boat was about.
When the water had calmed an officer came aboard and asked why we had used the radio, I explained well that's what boaters use!!!
I added I have no problem with police checks, but I do have a problem having a boat charge at me against the tide, then do a 180 and go full astern to slow. Very poor seaman ship. Bare in mind my wooden boat was built in 1930.
At times police show have too much Ego. Though, this was not the case during our encounter with the Singapore Police. They were actually pretty cool!
Great the Marina gave you warning! Not!
John would have, but he just took over as Manager the day we arrived. I have to give John a pass on that....
Indonesian police I think
Singapore Police!
love your channel. I wish I could do the same but not an option for me.
Hi Robert, Sorry to hear that this is not an option for you. But, please stick with us, and enjoy the circumnavigation through our channel. Ken and Zivile
You guys entered a country’s territorial water without permission. You also entered a military restricted zone!
Yr Wynt meh. It’s all abstract lines on a map. They only matter when people agree to them being there. If we all ignore them then do they truly matter?
A Military Restricted Zone? MMM. Jong Fairway, to Salat Pauh Anchorage, to Selat Pauh Petroleum Anchorage, to Sinki Fairway then back into the Singapore Straight... Where is this Military Zone? Yr just Wrng!
Sailing Aquarius Around The World There is a restricted live firing area immediately to the west of P Sudong which is adjacent to the south eastern corner of the Sinki Fairway. It extends south and covers Pawai and Senang and ends at the Raffles lighthouse. With the border being so close to land, Singapore is highly sensitive and tracks everything and everyone. They are currently installing almost island wide floating barrier to the coast. I wouldn’t take it personally, we all get spoken to! Missed you in Nongsa a few weeks ago. Safe travels!
Ah. An Amel. Beautiful boats.
I'm.getting ready to buy my boat. Wish I could afford.an Amel..
Well.I can.dream.i guess
They are awesome boats, and they really take care of you. What boats are you looking at, and where are you planning to go?
@@SailingAquarius I live in Texas and will start from there. Dominican Republic first. Eventually Austrailia. Then I'm not sure ??!!
Haha they would have spent a couple of hrs in there smoko room checking out your TH-cam videos ..Before they decided to give you, Your get out of Jail free card..
I'm not sure that's what they were doing. But, they must have enjoyed the Vids because the let us go. :)
Don't want to take any illegal drugs into Singapore that can carry a death sentence...no joke
That's not the reason why we don't have any drugs on Aquarius, but a good reason "not to" for others sailing in Asia.
@@SailingAquarius Absolutely sorry if it seemed like I was accusing you of that was not my intent! Save travels and I love the channel! My wife lived in Singapore for a number of years and though most of Asia is rather harsh on there laws Singapore is on the extreme side of that fence lol. For instence you can receive up to a $5000.00 fine and 6 months in prison for spitting on the street!
OH no pulled over, what is it? DUI, speeding, mast too long, who knows with police only they know their rules you are not supposed to understand but you must obey every little rule that exists.
We probably should have known, but everyone makes a few mistakes. Some of the mistakes takes you a few hours, and some cost you a few thousand dollars. I liked this small mistake! 2.5 hours and we were back on our way.....
Extremely annoying music disturbing the experience of your excellent video. Cheers
Sorry about that! We will try to do a better job of choosing the music!