by Allen | Apr 25, 2025 | Updates
Chalong to Kuah There’s hot and there’s so hot that you go past caring. And that was our state of heatiness on the way past Phi Phi Island from Ko Yao Yai, where we anchored the night before. Maria’s head was hotter than a welder’s nozzle...
by Allen | Apr 17, 2025 | Updates
Chalong We returned to Chalong so that Maria could get plastered – literally – three weeks after Dr Wipoo wrangled her wrist into a temporary splint. Because the weather here is as unpredictable as a day in politics, we thought it best to get into Chalong...
by Allen | Apr 7, 2025 | Updates
Nai Harn beach To be clear, Nai Harn Beach isn’t a party town – it’s the sort of place holidaymakers bask on the beach for a fortnight. But our reason for being here wasn’t to bake ourselves pink; it was for more practical purposes. We wanted...
by Allen | Apr 3, 2025 | Updates
Broken in Khelong Bay After almost 8 years of accident-free sailing deposited in the bank of good fortune, we were due for a fall, but this was a big one. We weren’t even sailing. Parked up at anchor near Chana Beach, Maria stepped outside to take a photograph...
by Allen | Mar 25, 2025 | Updates
Wind Dodging The wind was forecast to be all over the place after our visit to James Bond Island. So we ended up shuttling between Ko Phanak to shelter from the north-easterly winds and an anchorage near Ao Po Grand Marina to shelter from the westerlies (nice lunch in...
by Allen | Mar 3, 2025 | Updates
Ko Phanak In beautiful contrast to the clattering racket of Phuket Yacht Haven, we parked for the evening at Ko Phanak and took the dinghy over to the ‘bat cave’ further up on the west side of the island. Ko Hong The next morning, we sailed (and when I...
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