Ko Taratuo, Thailand

0630H Thursday, February 21st, 2013
We left Langkawi yesterday morning after settling up our marina and yard bills on a calm, clear day. We sailed and motor sailed up into Thailand and took a mooring ball on the island of Tarutao for the night. We got the dinghy in the water for the first time in many months and attached the 10hp. outboard. It started up after a few pulls and we took a ride up a river estuary as far as the tide would allow. It feels good to be out of the confines of the marina and cruising between small islands again.
We plan to make a series of day hops to Phuket where we want to get some more work done on Callisto. The Volvo is still not running right and we need a new bimini and some minor sail work. We are told that there are sufficiently skilled individuals in Thailand and we hope that this is so.
Next stop is Koh Talibon about 35 miles to the northwest.