tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101700212009-07-10T09:23:36.645+08:00Sailing Log of the vessel WINGS <br /> <a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/99/5646/1024/Wings%20Logo-Grey%20%26%20Blue-Med%20Size2.jpg'> <img border='0' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/99/5646/400/Wings%20Logo-Grey%20%26%20Blue-Med%20Size2.jpg'> </a>wingssailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13170619136224079532noreply@blogger.comBlogger319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10170021.post-85145155551223108402009-07-05T19:22:00.004+08:002009-07-10T09:23:36.661+08:00

wingssail image-fredrick roswoldUnder sailWe were sailing yesterday and now are anchored near James bond Island in Phang Nga Bay and we've just been posting some photos of yesterday's sail on the wingssail images site from our anchorage. We'll post a story about this trip soon. Meanwhile you can click here for some photos and here for some more photos.Our YouTube Video of Wings sailing in Phang

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldVolcanoAs we stood on the rim of Yasur, the volcano on Tanna Island in Vanuatu, Yasur decided to shake us out of our complacency. Somewhere deep under the three steaming vents on the crater floor, three hundred yards from where we stood, an explosion occurred....In 2002 we sailed to Tanna Island to meet the volcano which lives there. it was an exciting visit.Click

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldOuveaIn 2002 we sailed to New Caledonia and even ventured out to the Loyalty Islands. We had some great sailing adventures there and even some scary jungle trekking.Click here to read about Being in the PacificClick here to read about Exploring in the Loyalties.Click here to read an account of our jungle trip with the Ulu's. Click here to skip directly to the

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wingssail images-fredrick roswoldJudy at the top of ThailandIn May we flew to Chiang Mai for a long weekend with the idea of doing a little road touring and taking some photos. Late Thursday arrival; Friday morning pick up the rental car; and then head out for three days to see Chiang Mai and the surrounding area, mostly mountains and rivers. This post contains the links to the wingssail images

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldPaper UmbrellasA type of umbrella of wood and paper and waterproofed with the juice of persimmon has been made in Asia for centuries. I first saw them in as a sailor Singapore in 1971 but even back then buying one was difficult. All I could find in the shops in 1971 were steel and black nylon umbrellas from Japan. Yet the paper ones had to be sold somewhere; the

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldPaint & VarnishWe returned to Wings again on May 17 and were happy to find the varnish work completed and looking very nice indeed. With the fresh paint the main cabin now sparkles. In addition to the paint and varnish we put in new cabin lights, new tap in the galley and several other minor jobs. There's lots more work to do, it's a boat isn't it? Boat work is all

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldHitting the RoadWith the camera on the back seat, new items for the boat in the trunk (picked up at Home-Pro on the way out of town) and with a hastily packed bag, we hit the road.What else could we do when we found ourselves in Phuket for three days with no where to sleep, (the boat was un-inhabitable) and with the workers aboard we couldn't even do our planned

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldDefinitely not habitableFriday morning, arriving at Wings for a three day weekend, we had plans to complete some mechanical projects and possibly admire some shiny new varnish work.We had no idea we’d find the varnish worker still there, the work unfinished, and the boat totally uninhabitable.Flexibility, that’s the key.With the interior completely disassembled,

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“Hey, Judy, let’s get the anchor up, we’ve got a squall coming.”“OK”, her voice comes up from below deck and I know she is moving about. Soon she appears at the hatch and she scans the sky. One look is enough; she is on deck and we start the engine and are raising the anchor when the first puffs of wind come. They are cool and fresh but we are working quickly to get underway before the stronger

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wingssail image-judy jensenExcerciseI turned 63 this week. Judy is a few years behind but we both are traveling down that path. Old age or not, we like to feel well and exercise is important. Our apartment building in Bangkok has a small fitness center and we hit the gym or the pool every day. Usually Judy and I both go in the morning and Judy gets back down there during the middle of the day. I

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldBlues FestivalA night out with good music, good friends and a bottle of whisky: That’s what last weekend was all about when Randy and Laura from Pollen Path joined us at the Phuket Blues Festival. We had a great time.Tracking down some little joint where live music is being played in a faraway exotic place has been a fun part of cruising for us and we’ve found some

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phang nga bay regatta imageStanding OutReflecting on Phang Nga Bay RegattaDear Crew,Two weeks ago we completed a week of competition in the Phang Nga Bay Regatta.We placed third in a class of 5 yachts; squarely in the middle, mediocre some would say.I don’t.No, we didn’t win and we only beat two boats. As each of you saw with your own eyes and ears, and know, I was deeply disappointed. That is

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldMarco TrimsPhang Nga Bay regatta is over. We think we are third for the week, not fantastic, but we did our best and in the end the conditions got us. Today’s long downwind race to Chalong was great sailing until just about the time the faster boats finished, then the wind died and we struggled on for two more hours in drifting conditions to finish fourth. No

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UPDATE! First place!Andy Shannon & FredToday was a terrific day of sailing.We had a great start, sailed well on the first leg with the new asymmetrical did several successful spinnaker changes and the last half of the race in the open water in brilliant sunshine and nice wind was as good as sailing gets and to top it all off we corrected out to first place ahead of Yo!2 and Katsu. Our time over

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wingssail image-jenni clarkLight Air HellI knew the day wasn’t going to turn out as I’d hoped when they called us over early at the start. We’d had Katsu and Yo!2 buried but we were too close to the line and then Fidgi pushed us up; we were both over and Lawana and Pheonix too. As we fought back against the ebb current I glanced upwind and saw Katsu and Yo!2 smokin’ towards the first mark, Koh

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wingssail image-jenni clarkDay OneToday was the first day of Phang Nga Bay Regatta 2009. We placed third.So how was the race?Well, nice wind at the start. We had a safe start in the middle of the fleet (being worried about the tide taking us over the line made us too conservative) then we sailed very well for the first half of the race and we were winning on handicap at the second mark before the

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldLuxuryThe sun rises at 7:00 and I fill my Starbuck's mug and go for a walk on the docks at Yacht Haven. It is quiet at that time.On C-Dock where Wing's is berthed nobody seems to be up on any of the boats, or at least they are not on deck yet. I walk a few paces then stop for a sip of coffee, feel the soft breeze just starting at this time of day, and look around:

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wingssail image-fredrick roswoldPolishing the MastWe are going racing next week and this time we want to be serious about our preparation. We've taken all the cruising gear off and stripped out the inside of everything heavy which we think we can do without. We estimate that this will be about 4000 lbs of stuff removed when we finish. We've been working on this for a while and most of it is off

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wingssail images-fredrick roswoldBoat Builder in PhuketA typical day for us when we go to Phuket is to rent a car and do some shopping. Driving around Phuket is a nice way to spend a day, and between stops at the supermarket or the boat store we usually have lunch somewhere in Phuket town. On Saturday we did this.On the way to town we stopped at Ao Por to check out the marina there and on the

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Surf is UpClick here To see how it lands.Phuket's east side beaches are known as excellent anchorages during the NE Monsoon. From December to March the winds are consistently out of the NE and the bays, such as Kata Beach, seen here, are in the lee of the island and calm. The sky is generally blue and the sun shines every day. But this year we were at Kata Beach on New Year's Eve and for a couple

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Kata Beach SceneGood Morning & Happy New Year, It is 09:00 on January 1. Wings is anchored at Kata Beach with a handful of other cruiser boats; let's see, a couple of Dutch ones, quite fancy, a Norwegian double-ender, a brit gaffer, a charter catamaran and Wings. A couple of other boats already left this morning. Of course there are a few dozen local work boats here, long tails for water taxis,

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News from Wings :We are living and working in Thailand. Judy has an audio transcription business she runs from home (a condo in downtown Bangkok) and I work at IBM on a big banking project. For me this is the second Bangkok job and we've been here almost 2.5 years now. We kept the boat in Singapore for over a year and flew down there twice a month from Bangkok to go sailing. Since last November

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wingssail images-fredrick roswoldAngkor WatWe took a bag of Nikon equipment to Cambodia, packed all of it everywhere, and used up all the memory cards and batteries shooting the temples and country side.Now we have posted some of these photos to wingssail images.You can click here to go to wingssail images to see all the photos of this trip or you can use the links below to see specific sunjects

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wingssail images-fredrick roswoldTemple Doorway, Angkor Wat, Cambodia After two weeks of being stuck in Bangkok due to the occupation by anti-government protesters of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport a Thailand Court decision gave the protesters what they wanted: the prime minister was forced to step down, and once the protesters left we were free to escape Bangkok.wingssail image-fredrick

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wingssail images-fredrick roswoldWalking on a quiet StreetThis is supposed to be a sailing blog but you might have noticed we aren't doing much sailing. Like this weekend for instance.We had tickets to fly to Phuket on Friday night to spend the weekend on the boat but the airport is closed; our flight was cancelled.Thailand is in the middle of a political mess. There hasn't been a coup like there

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