Hitchhikers and a disappearing duvet

Wildfox
Anthony Swanston
Thu 17 Aug 2017 02:21

I am joined by two young hitchhikers for the passage to Phuket.  Day one is lovely albeit windless.  The rest of the trip is horrible with strong wind (always against us) and much rain.   I split it into five legs instead of four to make things easier, arrive in Ao Chalong and clear in.  My hitchhikers are glad to be ashore.


The plan was to cruise around the islands for a few days and look at a few hongs but the forecast is terrible so next day we head off for the fifteen mile trip to Boat Lagoon Marina.  The rain does not stop and the wind is frequently 30 knots.  Arriving at the marina my little lovelies cannot come out of the cabin to help as it is still raining.  Seasoned sailors? Not!


I pack the girls off to a yoga meditation centre or some such and meet up with some old friends and start to get ready for my trip to Austria where LBB (little baby boy) is getting married next week.


One morning when the wind is down and the sun is up (for a change) I spread my duvet out on the bimini to air.  I go shopping, come back. And no duvet.  Anyway I have a diver booked that afternoon to change an anode.  He can go and look for it.  I explain to him that it must be astern off the starboard side as the port side has lots of things to catch it and stop it blowing in that direction. Ignoring me the diver goes port side astern, dives down and pulls it straight up.  “How did you know it was there?” “This morning I was working across the way and I saw it blow away and sink.”

Well, that might have been a good time to go and get it, thinks I…

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