Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

We made it back to Sandakan Yacht Club (N 05.50.429 E 118.07.505) on 23rd September 2012 with just our depth sounder. Spent quite a bit of time here ordering new instruments and installing them. On the day of our departure, we realised our anchor chain had been overgrown with barnacles.   Alex working hard We not only need to keep our hulls clean, but the anchor chain too! 😅 &nbs...

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Kinabatangan River, Sabah

Kinabatangan River is the second longest river in Malaysia. It's 560 kilometres long from the mountains of southwest Sabah, to its outlet at the Sulu Sea, east of Sandakan. We departed Sandakan headed to the northern mouth of Kinabatangan River 15 nautical miles away on 21st September 2012. We followed closely to the waypoints of another yacht that entered in 2011 which was sent to us by Shane of S/Y Knights of Legend.    OUR WAYPOINTS WP 1: N 05.54.022 E 118.15.480, depth 2.5m WP 2: N 05.52.372 E 118.17.573,...

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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

It looked like a storm was brewing - but turned out to be just a passing shower We arrived in Kota Kinabalu on 10th September 2012 just a short 117 nautical mile passage from Brunei.  We anchored (N 05.57.532 E116.02.579) just outside of the Sutera Harbour Marina. Can't get enough of this view Breathtaking sunset On 15th October, we decided to move to Pulau Gaya which is just 8 nautical miles away to fix our saildrive leg cover as there was just too much swell where we were. Pulau Gaya We anchored (N 06.01.809 E 116.01.278)...

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Kuala Belait, Brunei

We arrived in Brunei on 4th September 2012. Only 25 nautical miles from Miri. It's a small country completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, but rich in petroleum and natural gas. It's ranked the 5th richest nation out of 182 countries. We anchored (N 04.34.521 E 114.11.781) opposite the small Kuala Belait Boat Club in 3m of water and spent 4 days here.   Mosque in the city I can't remember much of what we did here but I do remember we bought ourselves 2 bicycles and the fuel is cheap! at 40 cents/liter for diesel and...

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Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

We arrived in Miri on 1st September 2012, 219 nautical miles from Kuching and anchored just outside of town in 5m of water (N 04.24.323 E 113.58.50).  On this passage, we caught a Spanish Mackerel. Caught a Spanish Mackarel! Miri is the second largest city in Sarawak, known for its gateway to many National Parks such as Gunung Mulu National Park, Loagan Bunut National Park, Lambir Hills National Park, Niah National Park and Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park.  We took the opportunity to visit the Niah Caves, a limestone...

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