Not an early start, but yes last night's anchorage was great with the sea calming off we had an onshore wind and rising tide and a very flat night. Today we started off at 0730 heading north once again destination unknown. A light following breeze encouraged us to put up the MPS or Spinnaker type sail which is always great in light breezes and we slid along quietly to the north on a flat sea and light breeze with a bit of fossil fuel support until we had enough wind to sail. As we travelled we had another couple of yachts on the horizon in front and ultimately four behind and a couple reasonably close.

The breeze piped in during the afternoon but we ran the starboard motor to produce a couple of hours of water and the breeze picked up to about 7- 8 knots and then to 10kn. We were coasting along nicely and eventually decided on Sibu Island for the night where we anchored in the top northern end with about 15 other yachts. Anchoring at about 1800 just enough time for a few sewing machine repairs to the MPS sock before heading to the beach to join our fellow ralliers at 1830 drinks and bickies and to swap a few tales.

There is a small resort here about 2.5 hours drive from Singapore and then of course a ferry trip across.

All in all a very pleasant day, a lovely place and warm balmy weather with storms over the land, bombing runs 20 mile offshore (defence force exercises) and a nice breeze tonight to keep it a bit cool.