Crew offered

We have a delightful lady based in the UK but who is looking to sail either in the Caribbean or SE Asia. She has recently completed her Competent Crew and is now looking for sailing experience on a fun yacht with a mixed or all female crew.
If you are looking for crew in either of these locations, please get in touch so I can forward her details

Boat share opportunity

We are seeking ivestors for a boat share opportunity in a Bowman 57 to be coded for Ocean sailing. The aim is to move the yacht around the most prestigious charter areas and grant investors sailing weeks in the Worlds top cruising grounds.
The yacht will also be on charter and offering potential Ocean sailors the chance to take sextant sights and experience offshore cruising during the relocation phases.
All intersted parties should contact Shane for more information and costing. Those willing to take the plunge could be sailing a 57 foot yacht in the Worlds top cruising grounds for the cost of a small family car.

Windy Phuket

Just back from an interesting couple of weeks sailing, leaving Langkawi we actually had to hoist the storm jib as we beat into 40 knots of wind. Having to hoist the storm jib in anger is something we rarely do and I can only recall having to seriously hoist it once before. Confident that the winds would ease approx 20 miles up the coast often caused by local winds funneling through the islands, I was glad to be correct in my assesment as continuing onwards would have been both uncomfortable and foolish. The winds stayed with us for nearly 2 weeks staying at 20 knots plus providing us with some exhilarating sailing and interesting boat handling around the marina.
Thankfully the winds eased once back on the eastern side of the bay and we enjoyed most constant 10-12 knots which after the previous week almost seemed a little dull. For those of you that know me, you´ll be aware that i´m never happy!
Back in Langkawi the winds are still blowing so we are looking forward to the next couple of weeks.

Catamaran enquiry

We have had an enquiry from a client who wants to do his Day Skipper on a Catamaran - does anyone know of a sea school offering this type of training. Own boat tuition is not an option at this stage so the school needs to supply the Cat. Any information gratefully received

Langkawi Race week gets going after fluky start

The Royal Langkawi Yacht Club hosts this now anual Regatta in January. Following light winds at the start of the week the Racing is now well underway as competitors fight it out round the cans. With a great turn out  of 50 boats there are a series of classes so everyone has a chance of winning. With boats coming from as far as Hong Kong, this regatta is for the more serious racer and in line with the Kings Cup in Phuket.
Well organised and supported I question why we do not see such event along the Spanish Coastline, sure there are the odd regattas but these generraly tend to be Club racing, making them closed shop. Also the Asian Regattas tend to be run over a week with events going on off the water and enough sailing talk to keep even the most hardened of sailors happy.

Crew wanted

45ft Catamaran leaving Phuket end of Jan to cross Indian Ocean and onto Red Sea, looking for crew preferably non-smoking. Contibution towards food and running costs. Please contact me for more details if you are interested

New Fastracker get a windy start

The fastrack group that started on the 2nd January have been spoilt so far with near perfect winds down to Penang and back, some strong tides provided excellent ferry gliding opportunities and overcast skies provided milder temperatures. So far the guys have performed well and already well above competent crew level, still a long way to go yet until the Yachtmater exams but looking promising so far....