Thursday 21 January 2016

Lovely, calm, quiet, but very muggy night on anchor in southwestern Thailand. After virtually months of A/C we seem to have readapted poorly. Hopped in the water upon anchoring to cool off and discover that various bits of underbody, including prop, were inhabited by forests of flora and colonies of crustaceans. Cleaned off most important sections with scraper and consequently sanguinary knuckles. Propulsion noticeably better than yesterday. Why, you may ask, was prop not cleaned before departing stagnant, oil and sewage filled Rebak Marina? Right.

Phuket (Poo ket) area was once considered a great place around which to cruise and obtain boat repairs. The beautiful spots are apparently still there, where locusts of tourists haven't despoiled them, but prices are now reported near Australia levels. These assertions will be determined in the future, which you may be aware starts immediately, but determination, in this case, will take a bit longer.

After departing Koh Lipe late morning, wind for sailing was surprisingly excellent until almost 1400, then was more expectedly absent. If GRIB (General Recipe for Incredible Buffoonery) can be believed, wind will begin picking up mid-evening to carry us into Ao Chalong Harbor at an indeterminate time tomorrow morning depending on if and when it does. This too will be determined in the future, but most likely earlier than that previous thing. The future is a pretty vague place and pronouncements about it should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism until it becomes the past in which case reports about it should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Jack

PS Title credit to Isaac Assimov