Trying to find out what is happening with new marina at Ao Po. There is a lot of work going on, a considerable amount of infrastructure and the main part of the marina is in, together with landscaping; all the work is adjacent to The Chandara Hotel. I understand that ItalThai owns the site, they were also supposed to be building the new Mandarin Oriental Hotel there, but I believe that has been shelved. Does anybody know?

Only from my own observation I can tell you that part of the "land" acquired for the project was a fishfarm. I understood that this was where the marina was to be built (very sheltered) but the marina berths have actually been built outside that area and are very exposed.

The "fish farm" is currently being filled and turned into land so I would expect some construction on that "land" when that work is complete.

I have a very old map of Phuket which shows that the fish farm area was at one time open to the sea and was in fact a small bay. So what was sea is to become land! I leave you to ponder that one.

What is your interest? Sailing or other?

Feel free to PM me.