Photos at last!

The first photos are of traditional Thai fishing boats which comprise the bulk of the boats hauled at PSS Shipyard Satun. They are timber built (carvel construction the same as us) but when they start to leak they just slather epoxy all over the seams on the outside!! Noel would have a fit!!! We would rake out the seam, paint it with red lead and reputty with red lead mixed into the putty. Interestingly, on reading an article recently about epoxy, it seems that epoxy loses much of its strength when temperatures rise and they certainly rise up here! Anyway, epoxy is a bad word around this boat, so don't worry Noel.

The other photos are of a 6 metre yacht ("Selma") which arrived at Krabi from France in June 2014 and she has just been launched in a fully restored condition (by Popeye Marine - Capt. Des Kearns, his wife Ked and the team of skilled maritime artisans). The owner is a Frenchman (Cedric) who lives in Bangkok and he has plans to race her out of Phuket. She was built in Norway in 1926. 6 meters were an Olympic class for many years starting in 1908. It has been wonderful to see an 89 year old wooden boat restored to probably better than her former glory. That's it from us for now -

Lotsaluv

Jim and Jean

s.v. Tiare Taporo III

Krabi Boat Lagoon

Krabi.