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When I first heard of Candy Chang's Before I Die projects all I could think of wanting to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil was sail Yana de Lys to a destination with no significant gear failure. Well yay I've done that already.
Yacht Haven - our new home
After spending eight months in Boat Lagoon replacing the perished, seriously leaking teak decks and fixing all the things which broke on our way over from Langkawi. we sailed up to Yacht Haven on the north east of Phuket in early March. Phang Nga Bay is our new playground.
Phang Nga Bay became famous when it was used as a location for some of the scenes in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. It's just as stunning as all the guide books say, and yes exploring the sea caves (hongs) is simply spectacular and sublime.
So far we have stayed at anchorages off Koh Wai Noi, Koh Phanak and Koh Hong. We haven't covered any vast distances (one day we made a major passage of 3.8 NM LOL) but everything that matters on Yana has worked just fine.
Sunset off Koh Wai Noi
Cave entrance Koh Hong
Yana de Lys anchored off Koh Hong
Koh Phanak
The wet season is fast approaching so sailing is on hold now until around November. I'm back in Australia again looking for work. I've discovered you can't survive on seawater and noodles forever. And my next goal before I die is to figure out how to set up good financial feng shui so there is always more money flowing in than out. Any ideas?
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