cj! 19 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 What would be the best time and route to sail from Langkawi to Auckland? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 157 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Just had a random look at some yachts listed through Langkawi boat sales , some pretty sharp deals there, I like the look of this http://www.langkawibss.com/yacht/metalu-diam-40-altego/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I've done this. There are two main routes, clearing Indonesia at Fukfuk, (pronounced fookfook) then down the coast of Australia, against wind and tide. Or, and what we did, around the top of Borneo, over PNG, down the islands of new Britain, Ireland, Vanuatu, new Caledonia, home. Best time is leaving langkawi in about june/July, arriving in NZ late sept or early Oct. Happy to go into more detail if you're serious about doing this. It's not an easy sail, against the prevailing winds, but planned right, it can be done without real difficulty. We had a pretty good voyage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cj! 19 Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Thanks IT, going over the top sounds like it would be a really interesting trip. If I go ahead I'll be in touch about it. Haven't bought yet, looking and talking at the moment. Yes, the Metalu Diam 40 attracted my eye too. It has a lot going for it for the money. Also, more boats are turning up for sale in Tahiti and Noumea at this time of year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 157 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Opua from about Novemberish and into the summer will be busy, some cruisers from the US and Europe terminate their travels there and put the boat with a broker. Not the langkawi prices to be fair but as discussed elsewhere on crew.org lots of costs to import, some obvious some not so much. Probably works out about the same in the end. If I'd had another 100K this would have been my choice locally http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-1357570905.htm. Incredible boat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Or the third main route and come home with Australia on your portside. But why not buy in the Med or Caribbean and have a an excellent trip home? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Or the third main route and come home with Australia on your portside. That could be made into a surf trip of epic proportions!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cj! 19 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Or the third main route and come home with Australia on your portside. But why not buy in the Med or Caribbean and have a an excellent trip home? I have considered it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I did too.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I only bought it up as a sailing mate called yesterday and said he was going this way starting in October. Last time he left that area he carried on West, which is of course another way home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I did too.... What put you off coming home with 'straya to port IT? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The admiral wasn't keen on going that far south! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The admiral wasn't keen on going that far south! Ah yes, that's a very good reason indeed! Any thoughts on coming back that way? Do you know anyone that has done it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Yep, it's a long way around Ausy, and the bottom section can be a bit miserable, but it's more likely to ba a downwind (mostly) passage. Personally I'd have no problem going that way .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwisummers 0 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Hi my husband is stuck in Langkawi with our boat a 53 pilot house Roberts. I can’t get a spot in Miq so it looks like sailing home will be faster, any ideas for leaving late August. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 If you have spent the previous 14 days at sea before you arrive, then provided you have a covid test when you arrive, should be no quarantine? BP was talking about boats arriving in Opua doing this now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I bought a boat in Langkawi this time last year. Bottom line the shifting Covid restrictions across the whole region made it impossible for any delivery crew to plan a viable trip. If it was your own boat, you knew and trusted all the systems, had good crew and plenty of endurance then you could contemplate the trip with the very real possibility of having to do the whole thing non-stop. But that’s not realistic with an unknown boat and delivery crew so in the end I got it shipped from KL to Auck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,249 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 agree with Fogg. I'd also say that most cruising yachts cannot do this voyage non stop - they don't hold sufficient diesel for charging and making water etc for a non stop passage from Langkawi to NZ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 360 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Good advice above I ran a weather model on PredictWind and west and south of Australia seems the best option at this time of year. Most of the motoring is down to Jakarta, don’t know but if you can re provision there ? the next leg would be a month, with the options of clearing in any of the clearance ports in NZ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 There’s a reason so there are so many great deals in the SE Asia region - accessibility (or lack of). There are many ex-pat owners who can’t get to their boats and can’t get their boats out to them without the expense of shipping. Hence the numerous sales. If you’re serious then you really only have 2 options depending on your wallet size and attitude to risk. If you are budget constrained and couldn’t contemplate the costs + aggro of shipping (it’s a whole project in its own right) then you and / or your delivery crew will need to be bold adventurers to tackle that trip with all the uncertainties it entails. If you watch Peter ‘Plucky’ on sailing vlog “Sailing into Freedom” then you’ll know the kind of attitude I mean. But if your brain is more conventionally wired and you have the budget then shipping is the only real option right now. And I can tell you that to make the numbers add up you need to be aiming for about 1.5-1.6x return on the purchase price. So for example if you are buying a boat in SE Asia for NZD $300k then by the time it lands in NZ you need to be confident it’s market value will be in the region NZD$450-500k. Although if you’re planning on keeping it long term and it’s a unique-ish boat that is hard to find locally in NZ anyway then the numbers won’t matter so much - you just want to have it here. If you’re still serious then I can put you onto a good and trusted broker - yes I know that’s stretching the realms of credibility but I did find one - and he can help you find something. And I also still have my network of delivery skipper + crew (who did the 220nm trip from Langkawi to KL) and surveyor etc that I can connect you with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.