Trang village head pulls Australian's yacht ashore

By The Nation

 

 

A village headman in Trang spotted a drifting yacht belonging to an Australian tourist and managed to pull it ashore with his long-tailed boat on Friday.

 

Chiwin Longkarn, head of Moo 2 village in Tambon Tashe at Haad Samran beach, said he was in his boat after catching crabs when he spotted the yacht.

 

He said he pulled up along the yacht and found an Australian tourist with three Thai women.

 

The yacht's engine had broken on the way from Satun to Phuket amid a storm with two-metre-high waves, so he offered to pull it to Moo 2 village.

 

Chiwin spent about two hours pulling the vessel.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30347837

 

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Great to see how good Thai people are . Well done to this man. It is a shame we dont get more of these great storiesabout Thai people .I lost my wallet 6 months ago , and within 15 minutes the man posted it on chiang rai times and I found it after other Thai people knew me and called ..All the money (20,000) was still there .

Edited June 15, 20188 yr by kevvy

Good man, well done!

28 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He said he pulled up along the yacht and found an Australian tourist with three Thai women.

One would suppose that two women should be adequate when there's a boat to pilot.     ?

Nice one!

Based on the picture I believe that is a sailboat.  Why didn't he just sail to the nearest sheltered anchorage?

 

 

Some years back I was motorsailing a 34 foot boat up the California coast.  The engine failed off of San Simeon and, rather than go back to Morro Bay, I spent the next 36 hours sailing up to Monterey. 

well done man, good job 

not surprised, most Thai people are like this, all the dodgy ones are tourist areas, though it's only a small  percentage. 

there are some good ones out there, pity we dont see more news like this.

11 minutes ago, seajae said:

there are some good ones out there, pity we dont see more news like this.

Lots of good ones. Grumpy expats don't see them sitting in bars.

well done, does he qualify for a meeting of thanks  with the PM?

1 hour ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Based on the picture I believe that is a sailboat.  Why didn't he just sail to the nearest sheltered anchorage?

 

 

Some years back I was motorsailing a 34 foot boat up the California coast.  The engine failed off of San Simeon and, rather than go back to Morro Bay, I spent the next 36 hours sailing up to Monterey. 

Might be a novice on his first trip. 3 women. Sounds like sailing wasn't his priority.

And who owns the yacht today then (1) according to Thai Law, (2) according to international marine regulations, erm, anyone?

P.S.: LOL: 'storm with 2 meter high waves': storm, huh!

Edited June 15, 20188 yr by bangrak

Courtesy at sea remains...

 

Unbeknown to the Australian tourist he was also catching crabs that day.


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11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said he pulled up along the yacht and found an Australian tourist with three Thai women.

 

The yacht should be named "The Love Boat"....memba them?

 

7 hours ago, bangrak said:

And who owns the yacht today then (1) according to Thai Law, (2) according to international marine regulations, erm, anyone?

P.S.: LOL: 'storm with 2 meter high waves': storm, huh!

 

The guy who owned it when it left port, still owns it...

It was not a salvage operation, if that is what you were getting at...

10 hours ago, otherstuff1957 said:

 I spent the next 36 hours sailing up to Monterey. 

 

You didn't have 3 Thai ladies distracting you from your tacks and jibes ?

9 hours ago, Justfine said:

Lots of good ones. Grumpy expats don't see them sitting in bars.

not  all grumpy  expats  sit  in bars, you dis a generalisation with one of your  own ?

11 hours ago, kevvy said:

Great to see how good Thai people are . Well done to this man. It is a shame we dont get more of these great storiesabout Thai people .I lost my wallet 6 months ago , and within 15 minutes the man posted it on chiang rai times and I found it after other Thai people knew me and called ..All the money (20,000) was still there .

Exactly all we ever read is about the bad things some Thais do, when in fact the vast majority are decent people

Happy days

2 hours ago, Dave67 said:

Exactly all we ever read is about the bad things some Thais do, when in fact the vast majority are decent people

Good news never sold newspapers....

Well done. I hope he received a towing fee.?

15 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

One would suppose that two women should be adequate when there's a boat to pilot.     ?

There was some serious knocking on the boat but it wasn’t the engine. 

5 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

The guy who owned it when it left port, still owns it...

It was not a salvage operation, if that is what you were getting at...

If my memory of maritime law serves me correctly, if your boat is adrift & you accept a thrown rope for a tow from another boat then the boat that threw you the rope legally has salvage rights on your boat. You are supposed to throw them a rope which they accept & agree to tow you to avoid this...

  Luckily for the Auzzie it's probably unlikely that the Thai skipper knows this...

6 hours ago, getithere328 said:

Unbeknown to the Australian tourist he was also catching crabs that day.

Don't think you can catch crabs from 'shaven ravens'.

2 hours ago, zyphodb said:

If my memory of maritime law serves me correctly, if your boat is adrift & you accept a thrown rope for a tow from another boat then the boat that threw you the rope legally has salvage rights on your boat. You are supposed to throw them a rope which they accept & agree to tow you to avoid this...

  Luckily for the Auzzie it's probably unlikely that the Thai skipper knows this...

 

Or the Aussie threw him a line (not rope) ?

Aussie guy with three Thai women.  Did it ever occur to the Thai Headman it might have been planned like that by the Aussie?

22 hours ago, zyphodb said:

If my memory of maritime law serves me correctly, if your boat is adrift & you accept a thrown rope for a tow from another boat then the boat that threw you the rope legally has salvage rights on your boat. You are supposed to throw them a rope which they accept & agree to tow you to avoid this...

  Luckily for the Auzzie it's probably unlikely that the Thai skipper knows this...

In all probability the Thai fishing skiff wasn't carrying the rope used anyway.