What became of the houseboat
Published on: Sunday, September 15, 2019
By: David Thien
KOTA KINABALU: Remember the houseboat preacher Jonathan Selby that Daily Express reported on his arrival in Kota Kinabalu from the Philippines back in mid-2017. It attracted lots of visitors and donors.
Despite the donations in kind and otherwise to improve his houseboat, it only made it as far as Brunei as it was disabled in a storm that he described as a typhoon in December, after he managed to land in Labuan’s Tanjung Aru beach.
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Many witnessed his departure from Putatan where he stayed while repairing his houseboat.
Upon departure, the houseboat nearly demolished a wooden house as it sped on straight due to a breakdown in the steering gear.
After a couple hours of delay, guided by a village fisherman, Jonathan Selby managed to clear the river mouth out to the South China Sea to be accompanied by a boat.
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He then went down to live in Morocco where the cost of living is only US$10 a day, while waiting for a cheaper flight back to his home in the United States.
