Palawan Island, Philippines

Puerto Princesa Bay Departed Sandakan bound for Puerto Princesa, Palawan on 10th December 2012. The sail drive leg repair failed midway. Fortunately, it was not a long passage, only 291 nautical miles. We had to sail half way into 20-25kts of headwind. Arrived on 13th December, anchored in the Puerto Princesa bay (N 09.46.029 E 118.43.862). There's a small yacht club called Abanico. The people there were friendly & helpful, food was good and laundry services were available. We spent a week working on the sail drive repairs (again!)....

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Back Again in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

156 nautical miles from Mabul, we arrived back in Sandakan and anchored off the Sandakan Yacht Club (N 05.50.400 E 118.07.441) on 25th October 2012. We spent another month and a half here working on the engine...

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Bongao Island, Philippines to Mabul, Malaysia

All smiles departing Sandakan, Malaysia 18th October 2012, en-route from Sandakan to Papua New Guinea, a day after we departed, we discovered the mount on the sail drive was broken. We were pointing 30 degrees off course and the autopilot was working hard to compensate it.  The engine was vibrating badly but we weren't sure of the cause. We suspected that something in the upper gearbox housing may have been damaged due to the broken mount. There was also strong "clunking" noise when engaging in the forward and reverse gear.  The...

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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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