From a recent email from the Nordhavn 46 Arcturus: >Halleluiah! > >At 06.00 today, Arcturus and her crew of two entered the Sutera >Marina at Kota Kinabalu. We traveled 3,051-nautical miles >(3,500-statute miles) during this one-stop blue-water passage. The >ground we covered is roughly equal to the distance from New York >City to LA and then back to Albuquerque. > >We had our share of good luck. Arcturus ran flawlessly, but our >radar failed three days ago and now runs intermittently. We had >nervous moments as we threaded our way through the coral reefs of >Balabac Strait at night using charts, depth sounders and night >vision equipment. We missed the typhoon that killed so many in the >Philippines by a mere, 30-hour. > >We'll spend several months on Borneo learning about its people, >their customs, and what it's like to live on the third largest >island in the world. Then we will move on to Singapore and up to >Thailand. Asia is a world away from the other places we have >visited. We have a much to learn and are looking forward to the time >we will spend here. > >All the Best, >Fred and Chris >aboard Arcturus