On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:06:28 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

BruceinBangkok wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:04:04 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Also BTW, you are free to post anything I write to the newsgroup but
it is probably of little interest to them anyway thouigh it is
definitely cruising.

cheers
Peter


I'll add my thanks too.

Relay back next chance you get that it was VERY interesting, an
hope he got through the ditch ok - with his American line handlers!



Richard

Will do and I'll also say that "the lads" might be interested in a
blow by blow description of his trip through the canal. (if y'all are,
that is :-)
Cheers,

Bruce

Excellent!

We are still leaning towards shipping the boat home by truck - mostly because
of all the horror stories about the canal. Current first hand experience would
be invaluable.


A while ago one of the "day cruise" operators here decided to put two
boats at Ko Samui for the S.W. Monsoon season. Samui being on the east
side of the Thai peninsular and protected during the S. Westerly's..

That is a fairly long trip, say the better part of 2,000 miles, and
they found that it was much cheaper to ship the boats by truck then it
was to sail them. Of course, they would motor all the way as they
would want to get there and start work but I've done some costs on
moving boats various distances and, surprising to me, it doesn't take
a very long voyage to make trucking cheaper.
Cheers,

Bruce