Up the creek - with a wing engine
Tiger Balm on Tour
Gordon Millar & Colette Mullins
Wed 6 Apr 2011 02:36
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Entered the Kinabatangan Northern tributary the
Mamuyon at 1000 this morning and promptly touched bottom on a sand bar.
Fortunately it was soft sand and we didn't stop - we cut trhrough it an out the
other side. Lesson learned - don't cut corners in maeandering
rivers. We are now motoring on the wing engine at 3 knots to avoid scaring
away the wild life - so far we have seen a spectacularly coloured bird - and
lots of jungle.
Will be up here for 2 or 3 days - plan to sail
about 30 miles upstream........
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