Tag: Malaysia

SAILING FROM KUDAT TO PUERTO PRINCESA

Palawan Sunset. Photo Ray Penson

The next step of the journey is sailing from Kudat in Malaysia to Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. This will be my first visit to the Philippines and I am very much looking forward to it. The departure from Kudat was promising, for a while we had a tail wind until it disappeared mid morning and the sea went glassy, leaving us bobbing around going backwards slowly. The engine had to go on, otherwise we wouldn’t make any progress and the tide would take us back to Kudat. 

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BORNEO – LABUAN TO KUDAT

Usukan Cove, a beautiful spot. Photo Ray Penson

The waiting at Labuan has been so stressful,  If the anchorage had been safe and secure I would be in a completely different state of mind.  Anyway, eager to remove myself from this place I bought a few last-minute fresh food items and without regret sailed out from Labuan.  Both Truce and I happy to be back in clean waters and heading northwards up the coast.

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INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA – OVERHEATING ENGINE AND ROCK DODGING

Truce at anchor with Mount Santubong behind. Photo Ray Penson

checked the chart carefully for any off lying danger off the cape and thought I could safely round it half a mile off in safety.  As I approached the cape a favorable current was carrying us along nicely.  I noticed what I though was a tide rip ahead, but it looked out of place with the surrounding water.  Through the binoculars I saw a low brown object in the water.  For a moment I thought it was a whale, but there was no movement, the water was rushing past and over it.  A rock awash!

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