Does anyone know of any charter companies in the Gulf of Thailand.
Any advice appreciated.

Eugene

I am currently in Rayong in Thailand. That is right on the gulf of
Thailand. There are lots of charter companies all over Thailand. Phuket
and the Andaman sea is some of the best sailing in the world. Winds
tend to be steady and right now the weather on shore is hot but a bit
out it is cooler. Last time I investigated one, they are sailing out
of Pattaya. They have a selection of boats. I was interested in
chartering a Beneteau Oceanis 33. The daily rate was 7500 Baht per day
for a bare boat and 10,000 Baht per day with crew and meals and soft
drinks. I lookeda thte boats andtheya re good and clean. You can
charter bigger boats, up to 60 ft and for longer times. Right now is
the low sason so prices are better and boats are always available.
You can google these to find them
Rolf
There are great opportunities for sailing here and also for diving.

I live in thailand, in Phuket on the west coast. The last I heard
there were some boats chartering on Samui but I don't have an address.
Try google for Thailand+samui+charter and if you don't get a hit let
me know and I will ask the various charter companies here, Sunsail,
etc., if they have anything going on that coast.

There really isn't much to see on the east coast and Phuket and Phang
Nga Bay are far better cruising.

You can contact me direct at

On 14 Apr 2005 15:28:36 -0700, (Eugene
McNally) wrote:

Does anyone know of any charter companies in the Gulf of Thailand.
Any advice appreciated.

Eugene

Cheers,

Anon
(Bangkok, Thailand)

Thanks to you both.

There is not much to find on Google on Koh Samui sailing apart from
Sunsail. We knew about Sunsail, but they only do flotilla and we
wanted bareboat. So If you could make any enquires Anon, it would be
great to have more contacts. Is there really not much to see on the
east coast ? The few pictures I can see on the net look nice. I
appreciate that sailing is much more established out of Phuket, but
our research had suggested that this side of the coast was much wetter
in August, when we intend to travel.... and that the best anchorages
were a bit more exposed at this time of year. Are these both true ?

I will look into Phang Nga Bay as I don't know where this is

Rolf, Pattaya would be an alternative. What I can glean from the net
suggests that the area is not as nice as Koh Samui, but once again
there is not a lot of information available. If anyone has sailied in
both areas it would be great to get a comparison.

Eugene

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(Eugene McNally) wrote:

There is not much to find on Google on Koh Samui sailing apart from
Sunsail. We knew about Sunsail, but they only do flotilla and we
wanted bareboat.

Having bareboated a bunch, the first time in an area, I would hire a
captain for a while or join a flotilla. Yes, you or I could *do* it, but
we might miss a fantastic spot just yards from where we were.

Happens all the time in the BVI. It's unbelieveable how many times they
miss something that was 5 steps and a right turn further, or just the
next cove, or under their keel.

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