Day 6 and 7 – March 10-11 Arrived Labuan Island; anchored in Labuan Harbor Needed rest & time to give hands a chance to heal with no plans to go to shore. Wow! mellow night on Tiga BUT went in…
Day 5 Arrived at Tiga island Leaving KK area for Tiga island. Longest run so far of over 40 Nmiles so I left at light around 6AM. Good progress at first wing & wing for a few hours. Looks like…
Day 4 March 9 arrive at Kampung Besabak Just north of Kota Kinabalu (KK). Really bad day. No wind starting out, after an hour some light wind dead downwind. Finally put up big spinnaker. Worked great, in good shape.
Day 3 March 8 arrived at Jalan Kampung Ambong, North Bay Beautiful protected bays. Some houses around the bay with some lights. Fishing shacks close by put on bright lights at night to attract fish. So much for star watching.
Day 2 March 7 arrived at Pulau Silad Nice over-nite, Lot slower moving today, more motor use. Can’t keep up with it, need bigger 12V charger or a second one to assist. Anchored close to shore in sand 16″, some…
Day 1 March 6 arrived at Pulau Kulambok Very nice beach front. 15″ in sand, water murky, must be time of year, reports say it is usually crystal water? Wired new end on N2K cable to plotter. Plotter does a…
Leave Kudat Tuesday March 5th.Could not launch on Monday March 4th but cleared Kudat customs. Money for marina had not cleared bank, so launch on Tuesday. Did not get a chance to provision up very well. Only have one beer…
Gosh is sure is difficult to do bottom work with a water based paint during Monsoon season at Kudat, Malaysia. Making Progress with both hulls now mostly complete, just keel work to finish. Tried using local workers, they work hard,…
December 15, 2023 arrived in Kudat, Sabah Malaysia to haul & work on boat in boat yard there. Guess it had to happen someday. After waiting months for USA passport renewal, over a month for PH to put a stamp…
2023-12-15 Arrived Kudat…
Hot nasty work this morning, already got 3-4 days into this top. But what a dif it makes with sun on the whole boat. Not sure it will take wind but sure is a lot cooler in boat right now.
One more technical hurdle accomplished. Last two sea trials my very expensive DC to DC converter did not work. Purchased it to continually pass current from my 12V 800AH batteries to the 48V 200AH set. The SEC converter may not…
Now the hard part! It is pretty heavy. Damaha was nearly 100LBS, the Navy 6 is about 85LBS. I got help from the yacht club to bring it out & pulling it up on a halyard. Still lighter on platform…
My E-Propulsion motors have cleared PH Customs and on way here to PP. Time to start running battery cables. I have a 12V DC-DC 48V converter to run off my 800AH house batteries. I have 2 48V 220VAC chargers to…
My Motors have FINALLY arrived, now to install. Dingy first, Spirit 1 the easiest. Good bye hanky, Hello EPro. Rated at 3HP, it does perform like a Tahatsu 3HP motor. The Hanky was 5Hp but with motor on top &…
Local Idiots while cleaning boat bottom, smashed my depth-speed unit to bits. Guess they figured it was a funny looking barnacle. Had to order a new one. Old was Airmar IDST800, new is a IDST810. Bit of luck there, my…
Some pictures of around Abanico yacht club. Kinda rustic place, I like it. Price are not too bad for mooring, laundry, garbage drop. They will even order cheap beer for boat on Tuesdays. I just wish the water was not…
2020 Poem Here I am moored on a lee shoreI find it more scary than my cruise beforeI live in fear that I will come to griefon the sharp edges of the fringing reefbut being a foolish sailing manI just…
2019 February: Yacht nearly destroyed in Indonesia. More high stress rebuilding & transporting yacht from Indonesia to Palau, then on to Philippines.
2018: Very stressful year getting yacht across Micronesia & down to Indonesia. …
