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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
Writer: ROBERT DAVIS
Published: 8/01/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Horizons
Learning to sail from scratch
A sailing course for nautical greenhorns offered by a sailing school in Chon Buri
The students call him Captain Tim. He strides into the classroom, glances at the eager students and begins, “Thank you for joining the programme. Thank you for your money. But let [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
Provide the incentives, and they will come. Tourists are discovering sailing holidays.
Alan Parkhouse
Anew breed of tourist is discovering Thailand, but instead of backpacks and sandals, these newcomers wear docksider shoes to stop them from slipping on wet decks and gloves to protect their hands while hauling on ropes.
HOIST THE SAIL: The spinnakers come out as [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
Only a few minutes into the chart briefing with Phil, it quickly becomes apparent that chartering in the Ko Chang Archipelago, in the Gulf of Thailand, was going to very different from anything we have experienced in the Caribbean.
When I ask Phil about boat security he looked at me blankly. “You can’t lock the boats [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
Bareboating; Koh Chang,Thailand
Today I caught myself smiling
then I realized I was thinking about
Koh Chang. Thailand’s Koh
Chang is an extraordinary new
cruising ground just off the
Cambodian border 200nm
south/east of Bangkok. This
unspoiled archipelago is filled full
of powdered white beaches, great
restaurants, trendy bars, natural
waterfalls, exotic fishing villages
and superb sailing conditions. The
area referred to as Koh Chang is
actually a number [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
While on a business trip t ng, Stuart Heaver had the opportunity to explore the unspoilt cruising grounds of Thailand’s Ko Chang Archipelago near the border with Cambodia, on a brand new Catalina 309 chartered from Gulf Charters who introduced sailing charters to the area in the summer of 2006.
As our tender passes under [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
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Discussion 2 : 10/01/2009 at 07:16 AM2
Dear Capt. Tim
Please allow me to contribute my story to all your navy.I am ex-merchant navy.Long time ago , I I join as deck cadet on one general cargo vessel. My British captain is very very old and he use to drink half a bottle of bell whisky per [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
That the waters around Thailand represent some of the best in the world for sailing and spectacular scenery is beyond dispute. The most popular venue, Phuket, its own destination, owes its reputation as a yachting mecca to the fact that it is on the E-W circumnavigation route and has long represented a backing-up spot, an [...]
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September 6, 2009 | Posted by Captain Tim
Avid Ocean Adventuring Courtesy Of Gulf Charter’s Sailing School
You may well have gazed enviously at the sleek yachts gliding across Jomtien or Pattaya Bays and poignantly wished that you, too, had the chance to sail one. Alternatively, you may have become thoroughly jaded with the regular pastimes Pattaya has to offer, or perhaps the ladies [...]
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