welcome to our new Sailing Thailand INFO platform for sailors, holiday sailors, scuba divers and marine enthusiasts who are planing to or did sail the waters of Thailand. Indeed, we have here one of the most beautiful marine environments, abundance of islands and marine parks, coral reefs, beaches and countless marine life.
Here we provide a discussion board to collect first hand information regarding all sailing and diving issues within Thailand and inviting you to take active part in it. Share your experiences with fellow sailors and divers and help others to find the truly best spots for their holiday, advise others which places should be taken very cautiously and which do have a good value.
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Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009 in suburban Cainta, east of Manila, Philippines. People wade in the chest deep floodwater.
At least 103 people dead in the Philippines, the Thyphoon Ondoy causing floods in the capital, Manila, that forced thousands to evacuate their homes. It is expected that the storm is hitting the coast of Vietnam by the 30st of September 2009.
Honduras is best known for its underwater riches, particularly its vantage point to the worlds second largest barrier reef. It has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best (and cheapest next to Koh Tao / Thailand) places to learn to dive or complete your dive-master training. Your dives will show you coral reefs, yawning underwater caves, wrecked ships, and the docile whale sharks. But after you have had your fill of snorkeling and diving, you’ll find out that there is more to discover in this beautiful country.
Here we have a quite interesting approach of ex-cruising sailors who started a Yacht Charter Company on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. Based on the Competent Crew Course outline of the RYA this experienced cruising sailors added quite a few aspects of bluewater sailing and named it Ocean Hiker. The Ocean Hiker Course takes 7 days to complete and Island Cruises offers a 2 day offshore passage sailing experiance to the neighbor isalnd Koh Phangan. There is a s well an Internship possible which could strech the course up to two weeks or more. The students have during the Internship the chance to gain more sea time or sea miles by joining the regular Day Charter Trips of Sailing Thailand Island Cruises and can again collect first hand experience aboard a Sailing Yacht. So in the end the students getting a wall certificate and a Licence Card and the certified logged sea miles and are ready to crew on serious passages. On the back side of the licence card is as well automatically the membership number of the Tao Yacht Club. Over all a good price package for what you get.
She’s just thirteen, her blog is set, the day counter as well and says she’s ready to go… She’s going to start her journey on the first of September 2009.
What she wants is to bee the youngest solo circumnavigator ever and her parents think it is a great idea. Well, there are certainly a lot of things to consider if you are looking at circumnavigating the globe just on your own. True, she is born on a yacht and has naturally more experience than average kids. The Council for Child Protection in Netherland is trying to halt the trip by asking the court to grant temporary custody since Laura’s parents refuse to do so. Read more »
Ondoy/Ketsana
Honduras is best known for its underwater riches, particularly its vantage point to the worlds second largest barrier reef. It has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best (and cheapest next to Koh Tao / Thailand) places to learn to dive or complete your dive-master training. Your dives will show you coral reefs, yawning underwater caves, wrecked ships, and the docile whale sharks. But after you have had your fill of snorkeling and diving, you’ll find out that there is more to discover in this beautiful country.
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She’s just thirteen, her blog is set, the day counter as well and says she’s ready to go… She’s going to start her journey on the first of September 2009.
