Posted 29 October 2017

S/Y Asylum spent several months at Kuching Marina last year and very successfully received quite a number of items via mail delivery to the Kuching Marina – they have kindly shared the delivery address they used – see below.

S/Y (Yacht Name) —YACHT IN TRANSIT

JABATAN LAUT MALAYSIA WILAYAH SARAWAK

PEJABAT MARINA KUCHING

LOT 2344, JALAN DEMAK

BLOK 7, TG SEBERANG PENDING POINT SEJINGKAT

93050 KUCHING SARAWAK

MALAYSIA

Sarawak, Kuching Marina: Reported to be Expensive

Posted 21 January 2012

I have sailed in Malaysia for the last three years and was very happy with the experience until I reached Kuching marina. Here are my feelings about my stay there:

• Several times the marina staff offered me a taxi service, saying it was cheaper than radio taxis. On checking, I found out, for example, that the marina staff had charged me 50MYR to go to the airport when the taxi price is only 33MYR! There were several other trips I took where it would have been cheaper to have used radio taxis.
• I left my boat in the marina for 2.5 months. In Langkawi, Kota Terrenganu and Labuan the marina staff agreed to 5MYR per day. In Kuching, I had to pay 10MYR.
• I asked for a diver to clean my propellers and my 2 intakes. Usually in Langkawi, Endau, Labuan, KT they charged me for this 1-hour job 150MYR. In Miri 2 divers to clean the entire hulls for 5 hours cost only 350MYR. However, Kuching marina quoted me 1000MYR!
• The good news is – there is a public bus available every day leaving the central market (Riverside) on the hour from 05:00 to 17:00 and from the BCCK (Borneo Convention Center Kuching) on the main road between h+25 to h+45 from 06:25-06:45 to 17:25-17:45 and it costs 2.50MYR per person.

Hope this info will help you to have an excellent stay in Kuching and avoid surprises.

JJNicole

SY Calypso Magic

I liked Kuching Marina

Posted 31 July 2012

I had a nice experience at the marina – it is RM2 per metre with free electricity and water. I don’t use the staff for information as they are government employees and aren’t really responsible for the marina; there is a man by the name of Jamal, who wanders around being “the manager” – he has you fill out the form and the office staff collect the rent on your departure.

If you ask the guys who are employed on the government vessels where to get things, they are very helpful. I got new batteries, a new regulator for my alternator and have been very happy. I rented a motorbike for RM20 per day. Had RM2 meals. Found RM3 beer. I think it is a great place – there aren’t as many logs as the rumours say. Although the shower is cold, it is very clean.

Jean Collins

Kuching Marina – watch out for rats boarding!

Posted 24 August 2012

Six years ago I spent two nights at Kuching marina. The first night a rat got through a porthole with mosquito guard and into the galley. Unable to extract it from under the fridge, we went into town and bought rat traps (caged type) and baited them with specially prepared fish balls. Early evening we go into town for a meal two hours later we return to find we have caught the uninvited guest. Like at any pontoon berth it is a good idea to rat-proof your yacht at all times.

Tom Bennett

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