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First stop was unexpected religious

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Northern Shipyard Slowly recovering from disastrous treatment of Northern Shipyard in Langkawi we arrived at island We in Indonesia with more problems that we began the sailing and luckily enough gear box fall off completely from the engine exactly at the moment when we have been setting the boat on mooring. It seems that consequences from that morose experience we had in Northern Shipyard will follow us long after we will forget the name of the shipyard.      While the boat underwent maintenance I embarked to explore so controversial surrounding of region of northern Sumatra. Aceh, Indonesia [1] Waking up the first time in the morning at island We, after two 2 days and 2 nights in sea, I was struck by splendid and quaint environment of clear turquoise water and surrounded of rain forest jungle on the slopes of the mountains and the moment couldn't be more quintessential but I wake up not after having peaceful deep sleep rather by sirene and outcry of countless...

Terrible Northern Shipyard, Langkawi Malaysia

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[1] After 7 months on the shipyard and 3 months, 3 months delay the Seawolf boat is still not completely reconditioned, the situation is worse than a nightmare that one could put to end by waking up instead people are stuck, in unlimited promises from the shipyard staff, without any possibility to eschew existing awful unfolded position.  [2] Northern Shipyard web page describe a beautiful illusion of services which customers will get though contrary a catastrophic consequence will wait to shock unaware ship owners. First to debunk their majestic experience of 25 years in the field with unprofessional and careless workers which several times, despite pointing out and explaining the issue at the beginning, still welded the engine support on the boat just for later to cut it down. The captain was driven mental by watching defenseless for days how most of the time the workers have a scheme of one main producer and 3 or 4 persons who act as a support group that are smoking, play...