Captain Scott's Log ~ Sunday, April 13th 2008

Subject: P Dream Kinabalu

The last of the NE monsoon kicked in again and we sailed hard on the wind
through giant oil platforms. Truly amazing structures over ten stories tall
dedicated to deep drilling. We sailed very close by rail down with the stars
and stripes flying to waves and cheers from the rig workers. Sutera Marina
is in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah--now part of Malysia--on the north Borneo coast.
We entered slowly in the pitch black Just before dawn using radar and GPS
chart plotter. Here is an upscale resort with 2 hotels, 3 pools, 9 restaurants
and 1 golf course. The harbor came alive at first light with a constant
stream of small ferries taking hotel guests out to the marine park. And a
large fishing tournament ends today. I couldn’t get a room in either hotel as
both were/are filled. Bill and Donna have my cabin forward. This is such a
great find that we are staying a few days. Kinabalu National Park is a World
Heritage Site. It's 14000ft mt peak is the highest non volcanic mt this side
of the Himalayas. Sabah has its own flag witch is flown from all yachts. My
newest country courtsey flag, the first of 08, and number 116. China will be
the next one. Dinner in town last night where the menu was hundreds of
aquariums filled with every variety of fish, crustian, etc we selected a
large grouper that more than fed the 5 of us. Our waiter about lost his hand
getting it out of the tank.