The plan is to sail the boat back, probably to Newcastle.
The first part of the trip is to get to Gove in the Northern Territory, which should be achievable in the six weeks that Liz and the girls have off school. From there I (Colin) will continue on, keeping an ear to the ground for any job possibilities.
I will be looking for crew along the way so anyone interested should contact me.
Liz and the girls will then head back to Phuket. The main reason is to allow Courtney to finish her IGSCE in June 08.
From here in Kota Kinabalu, we head north east along the coast, round the tip of Borneo, and south east along the coast to Sandakan where we will leave Malaysia. From Sandakan we head east towards the western end of of Irian Jaya and then skirt along the southern coast till we are due north of Gove. Then across the trade winds that blow hard from south east to Gove.
It's a long way (2000 miles) and plenty of potential for things to change. A lack of wind in the first 1500 miles then too much in the last 500 miles are the most likely.
So in a few days we will leave KK and hopefully have a relaxing coastal hop to Sandakan. I can send posts to this blog from our radio email so 'stay tuned'.
Colin.
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