Sunday 8 June A stitch in time

A stitch in time saves nine is the saying and restitching a short length of the sacrificial sun strip on the headsail this morning saved the possibility of restitching the whole length, or worse, ripping the sail. We spotted it on the sail over from Terengganu and with nil wind and nil swell it was the perfect time.

With no wind and with the sewing machine on the foredeck we dropped the sail, machined the 1m length and had the sail back up and furled in double quick time. So speedy we were able to catch the high tide and sail on to Pulau Lakei for the evening.

Pulau Lakei could be described as a hidden anchorage, a sheltered passage between mainland and a long thin island which is a good place to stage to begin the trip up the coast to Miri. We were 7 boats in the eastern anchorage and there would have been room for another 3 or 4 boats.

We didn't see them, but Malaika who arrived earlier in the day, had been watching sea otters on the beach.