Loading Curious in Phuket
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Steve & Trish Brown
Wed 16 May 2012 21:50
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Having decided to ship Curious through pirate alley
and all preparations had
been made, we sailed her into Yacht Haven marina
and awaited the arrival of
BBC Polonia
We were able to track the ship's progress
and watched as she slowly made
her way to Thailand
We were all very pleased to see her
arrive
 Our friends on Wasabli was due to be loaded second
and Curious was to be
loaded fourth, unfortunately it took a while to load the first
boat and as we were
booked onto a flight
home, Brian and Isabelle of Wasabi kindly allowed us to
be loaded before them
This photo was taken by Bernie of First Light who
was due to be loaded after us  Chris the diver had the difficult job of free
diving under Curious and making
sure the lifting
straps were put into place, there was a 6 knot current running
which made his job very difficult
 We stayed on Curious until she was high enough for
us to climb off
 She was then, very carefully, lifted onto BBC
Polonia
 We nervously watched as she was brought
onboard
 Which seemed to take a long time
 She was lifted high enought to be able to swing her
across the deck
 and be put gently into place
 Once in position the crew set about securing her
into place
 Preparing to leave Curious for her voyage
without us
 It was strange to think that this deck would
soon be full of yachts
 They certainly pack them in very close to each
other
 The captain and crew of BBC Polonia were friendly
and efficient which made
loading Curious easier than we thought
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