Passion for Cruising

We anchored at Tg Likau , and of course we were on a lee shore, and in increasing wind, all this on the eastern edge of the South China Sea! Unheard of to anchor on a lee shore anywhere, let alone on the edge of an large sea. BUT, with huge floating logs in this area, and no steel hulls, one has no choice but to stop. We feel that it is dangerous for us to sail overnight, as also there are unlit oil wells that have been capped off and buoyed with unlit large buoys marking same.
We had 17 kts wind straight onshore! We pitched and bounced all night- Nil sleep, I could not stand it after 4.30am, so up and a cuppa, and, literally, just before dawn the anchor was coming up , and with the first glimmer of light , saw both us and Sea Bunny underway. Just 5 miles ahead was Meridian of Sydney.
Oh dear, I forgot, yesterday we actually caught a Mackeral 600 mm long, the first fish for over a year!!!!! He made a very nice dinner, and some for the freezer as Sea Bunnies could not get off their boat to come and eat it with us, it being impossible to launch a dinghy in those conditions. 77 miles and up to 20kts wind, made an average speed for the trip of 7.5 kts.
Arrived in Miri to a great welcome from Katani II whom we have not seen for 18 months.