Burma, (Myanmar) has just opened up to allow foreign boats to enter the islands in the south near Ranong, Thailand. This will be the first time in 20 years that foreign boats will be allowed to enter Burma from Thailand!

Our boat is now in Phuket. We are looking for crew to sail with us from to the Thai Islands and back to Phuket.

We can start exploring the crystal clear waters of the Butang and Koh Lipe area on the way to Rok Nok and Phi Phi. This voyage can be from 5 days to 10 days.

We have just bought an inflatable 2 person kayak which will make it easier to go ashore in separate groups.

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Our boat is a 36 foot aluminum sloop designed by Ted Brewer and built by Kanter Boat Yard in Ontario, Canada. We keep our boat on a mooring in Chalong Bay, Phuket. My wife is Thai and is fluent in Thai and English. We generally sleep in the main cabin and the forward cabin is for our guests. But we can also do the oposite if someone feels that the forward cabin is too small. That cabin has a large V berth and many storage lockers with a clear poly-carbonate hatch over the bunk with easy access to go out on deck through the hatch. The forward cabin is private with a door. There are new bunk lights and two ventilation fans. Aft of that on the port side is an enclosed head with a marine toilet, sink and hot running water shower. The main cabin is made up of a table that drops down on the port side to form a large double berth and there is a single berth on the starboard side. There is also a pilot berth that is between the chart table and goes under the cockpit on the starboard side. There is a galley with a portable butane stove and a large fridge that is run by a compressor that runs on a belt when the engine is running. There is a liquid in a stainless tank in the huge fridge that freezes at -18 and this keeps the food and drinks cold all day and all night. There is a traditional aft cockpit where we generally live during the day. We have a beautiful varnished table that folds down in the cockpit and we eat our meals outside in the cockpit. The cockpit can be covered by a removable bimini to protect us from the sun or rain. My Thai wife does most of the cooking when she is aboard. I often make a huge pot of spaghetti sauce from a secret family recipe. We like to sail around 6 hours per day and drop the anchor in the early afternoon and go snorkeling. We like to go ashore on the beach and have our anchorages planned out so that this relaxing voyage can be done with little stress. We often try to stop where we can go ashore and eat at the fresh seafood restaurants on the beach. We have done the trip from Phuket to Langkawi trip about 50 times already so we know all the best anchorages to explore the islands and beaches along the way. We have been living in Thailand for about 18 years now and we have no intention of living anywhere else. I would like to sail north from Phuket to Simalon Islands, Surin, and Koh Phayam next to the Burma border. Planning to depart any time when a crew is available.

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I only need someone to help out with the sail changes and assist in anchoring or picking up a mooring. A good lookout for fishing boats and any hazards at sea will be helpful. I need help occasionally on deck for reefing the sails, anchoring or other jobs that may come up like landing a fish since we are usually trolling with lures to catch our meals while under way. Our boat is designed for single handed sailing but help will always be appreciated.