Sailboat Equipment Failure | Pirate Waters | Sailing Ep 292

There have been kidnappings and piracy for decades along the north and eastern coast of Sabah, so equipment failure in these dangerous pirate waters is the last thing we need.

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In fact, this otherwise beautiful sailing area has been disputed for centuries by Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. So we were delighted and grateful that ESSCOM (the Sabah defence task force) joined us on our three hundred miles of day hops.

00:00 Leaving before dawn
00:28 B&G display failure
00:50 Sailing round the Tip of Borneo
03:57 Approaching our first anchorage
05:45 Karakit anchorage
08:43 Sink pump maintenance
10:44 Another early start before dawn
11:26 Welcome military escort from ESSCOM

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