9th
January 9 - Hotel California
Baraka is booked here at Royal Phuket Marina until February 1. Then the slip is reserved for another yacht. Only problem is that we can check out but we can’t leave - the tides aren’t deep enough for another 5 days, until Feb 5, to make it out the channel. The marina is scrambling to find us another slip, as there is no place to anchor.We leave tomorrow for some land travel - to Siem Reap with its Angkor Wat ruins and Khmer Rouge scars, then to Laos for a more rustic SE Asian experience (think insects and squat toilets).
Dave has had good luck in getting the repairs list done - the bent stanchion is straightened and reinstalled, better than before, and a small deck leak is properly repaired. The quadrant stop has been rewelded for better clearance. Mr. Phon is replacing the outside instrument Plexiglas cover and the plywood base under the toilet. The jib is being restitched by Kek. I reglued the dinghy cover velcro, and marked the anchor chain. Best of all, Octopus repaired the autopilot display/control unit! at a very reasonable cost. There are still a few more projects, but these are the big rock items so we feel deserving of some play time away from the boat.
