at anchor just near the tip of Borneo

Always neat to pass a major point. At the northern most tip of Borneo we leave the South China sea, can see the Philippines north of us in the distance, and we turn south east into the Sulu sea heading towards Sandakan.

Spent the day fiddling with the spinnaker. Now I knew in the back of my mind I needed some light rope for something but couldn't remember what. Today I found out why. I had pinched the 30m rope for the spinnaker sock for other purposes. We hoisted it without sock and drifted along slowly in 2-4 knots and at least cast some nice shade on deck.

Ended up making only 15 miles progress as the drifting along sort of mesmerised us, and the day got away with our original anchorage too far away. Anchored out of the swell and sitting very quietly out of the swell.

Colin