The Calm Before the Breakdowns — Sailing Borneo’s Wild Coast | S2 Ep 78

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After weeks of refit work and engine installs, we finally set sail again — slow cruising down the wild north coast of Borneo.

This stretch between Kudat and Kota Kinabalu is rarely explored by sailors, dotted with tiny stilt villages, tropical islands, and jungle coastlines watched over by Mount Kinabalu — the tallest mountain in Malaysia and sacred to the local people.

In this episode, we share what life is really like living off-grid at sea: catching rainwater, dodging tropical squalls, exploring by TrueKit dinghy https://truekit.net, meeting curious monkeys, and racing hermit crabs on ...