Yachthaven Marina, Phuket, Thailand

We haven't done much posting over the last week as we have been much too busy. Not really, just didn't get around to it.
We have had a few interesting encounters, the first being a mooring ball failure on the island of Koh Lipe. This was a little strange as this was our third day on this particular mooring and the weather was quiet. We had just settled down to watch the second season of Homeland at about 8.00 pm when we felt on unusual thump. On deck, we noticed that the dive boat we were next to was now much further away. Fortunately, despite the dark, we could see well and it was obvious that the mooring we were on had broken loose. Mad dash to get the motor started and then re anchor in 25 meters of water ensued and was uneventful. Just as well we were on the boat when this happened and not ashore.
The mooring looked ok when I dove on it but the water was too deep to see what it was attached to.
Next day, we left for Koh Lanta in about 25 kts of breeze and made the sixty mile run in quick time. We anchored on the west side in the lee of the strong wind for two days and enjoyed the restaurants ashore.
Next stop was Ao Chalong bay in Phuket after some more spirited sailing, where we did our clear in to Thailand. There were many boats in the bay that were old friends some of whom were in the process of leaving for Sri Lanka.
I send my life raft off for its tri annual service and we left for Yachthaven in the north of Phuket to meet Jennifer who arrived on Thursday night after a marathon trip from San Diego.
We are going to cruise around the Phrang Na bay for a week before going off for a road trip to Chang Mai in northern Thailand.

Ko Lanta

G and T's on Ko Lanta

Ao Chalong Bay at sunset

Rain on Ko Lipe

Solar planet sailing past Phi Phi Don

Ao Calong Bay

Ko Lanta