New year, new crew
Wildfox
Anthony Swanston
Sun 8 Jan 2017 09:50
I have a
middle ear infection and the drugs are murder.
So New Year’s Eve is quiet. On 3rd
January I head off to the airport to collect my new crew instead of making her
get a taxi (nice Anthony). Politely she
arrives from Singapore on time having changed other arrangements so that she can celebrate
her birthday on Wild Fox. It is too hot
to cook on the boat so I take her out to dinner (very nice Anthony). Of course
I have organised a really nice birthday cake (super nice Anthony).
Next day we
provision and in the early afternoon head out of the marina in strong wind
anchoring behind a small island. In the
morning we are off to Nai Harn, about 20 miles away. Two different boats just arriving in Phuket
call us up on the radio. The thing about
Wild Fox is that she is so recognizable that it is hard to hide. But it is always nice to talk to old friends.
Then DHL
contact me next morning to say there is a problem with customs in Bangkok over
my Indian Ocean Charts arriving from England so we backtrack to the main harbour
of Chalong to try to sort things out. It
will help to have a native Thai speaker to deal with these people. I hope…
