Mr. Jacky J S Phang and five other riders left Kuching, Sarawak and started a tour to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by their WaveRunners on May 31st, 2009. They arrived in Kota Kinabalu, which is more than 860km far from Kuching on June 4th. This is the story of their trip in brief.

Introduction of myself

I have used 17 PWC since I started in 1989. My first PWC was WB500. After that I took second position in the Malaysian open runabout class using a wave raider 700 with pro-tec wake up kits in 1994, and finally took champion in the 2003 unlimited class by GPR1200.

I am currently using a FX cruiser High Output and decided to go for a long distance tour with my buddies.

First day

We started our tour on May 31st, 2009 in the early dawn at 6:00 am. First stop for refueling was in Mukah town about 225km from Muara tebas, Kuching. After refueling, we continued riding from Mukah to Bintulu about 120km. We stayed a night there in the river view hotel.

Second day

We started our journey at 7:30 am after breakfast to Miri city about 170km and stayed overnight in Miri.

Third day

The most difficult part of our journey was from Miri to Labuan island about 190km because we had to ride all the way in huge waves. We could only go about 25-35km/h speed and finally we reached Labuan island in the afternoon. We stayed overnight in the waterfront hotel and parked our WaveRunners in the Marina. We could not continue because of strong winds and choppy waves.

Final day

We started our final part of the tour to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah which is about 120km from Labuan Island. Due to time limit, we had to ship our WaveRunners back to our home town. We learned how to take care of each other and experienced the endurance of both man and machine against nature. Thanks to Yamaha WaveRunner which made my tour and dreams came true!

Photo in Pulau Tiga

Mr. Jacky J S Phang in front the Sutera Harbour resort