Any Phuket Sailors In Chiang Rai

[David2up]

As more and then some more folks make the move North from Phuket to Chiang Rai I am wondering - any others now living here that were active sailors in Phuket? Word of mouth would indicate that there are. I sailed across the Pacific for nine years in the 80s and got to Phuket in 89 and then made the move North to Chiang Rai Province (we actrually live in Chiang Khong) about six years ago. Switching over from the sea to the mountains and from sailing to motor bikes has been a great move - any other like minded folks out there?

Cheers,

David and Mai

Chiang Khong

[jubby]

I reckon Sven would know . he gets on here sometimes.

What motorbike do you have david ? . we have a thread for motorbikes

[kandahar]

I don't think I know of any.

We had several before, but Stu's and cmjantje's Rottweilers ate them.

If I meet any, I'll let them know you're searching.

[jubby]

Nah, you wrong there Kd. I heard it was the swedish maffia Vikings took em out for being Ruperts

Or atleast thats the excuse Cynthia had. maybe there's more to the story than meets the eye

Edited August 10, 2010 by jubby

[kandahar]

I knew a sailor once. He worked the big tankers. I asked him if those sink very often. He said "Nah. They only sink once".

[Capealava]

Worked the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands for 20 years. Terrible seas, small ships, big ships. Majestic place but always put a sense of fear into you.

To this day I still love the Sea and cannot stay away from it. I live in Kata Beach, love looking at the sea,love feeling it, smelling it, love the fresh fish and the people working it. Tried Chiang Mai area it is much cheaper there. but it did not feel right, To each his own

I do like riding the motorbike around the island. I am not sure one can really leave the sea behind, maybe that is why you are looking for a fellow sailor in the Mountains of North Thailand. May the wind always blow your way.

[David2up]

I reckon Sven would know . he gets on here sometimes.

What motorbike do you have david ? . we have a thread for motorbikes

Hi Jubby,

Bikes? We ride a 1150GS and a 400DRZ. The 400 being the bike of choice for having Good Fun - Off Road. And all of our riding is done 2Up. When we write up a "trip report" of one our rides, rather then put it into the Thai Visa bike section, we put it in the gt-rider.com site, such as the three part trip report we did last riding season that was done in Laos, top to bottom and all off road. Kinda hard to miss those hot hot and still hot with little to no wind days of sailing in the South when there is all this great riding to do up here in the North and over in Laos and Cambodia.

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Cheers for now

[jubby]

I reckon Sven would know . he gets on here sometimes.

What motorbike do you have david ? . we have a thread for motorbikes

Hi Jubby,

Bikes? We ride a 1150GS and a 400DRZ. The 400 being the bike of choice for having Good Fun - Off Road. And all of our riding is done 2Up. When we write up a "trip report" of one our rides, rather then put it into the Thai Visa bike section, we put it in the gt-rider.com site, such as the three part trip report we did last riding season that was done in Laos, top to bottom and all off road. Kinda hard to miss those hot hot and still hot with little to no wind days of sailing in the South when there is all this great riding to do up here in the North and over in Laos and Cambodia.

.

Cheers for now

Kin h@ll ! . BMW 1150GS & Suzuki 400DRZ. We are not worthy :jap:

Wait till Garry and Stu find out

Please , Please comment on our 'what motorcycle do you have' thread :- My link

I'm sure someone will be along with some Sailing speak shortly, I know sven's done a bit and I know another two guys who sail but I'm not sure they are on ThaiVisa.

I used to be quite attracted to the sea also. did about 15 years Scuba diving, done a few Liveaboards and did once try to sail a dingy but didn't have the patience for it. Its much easier with a 150hp Suzuki than A Sail

[skybluestu]

I reckon Sven would know . he gets on here sometimes.

What motorbike do you have david ? . we have a thread for motorbikes

Hi Jubby,

Bikes? We ride a 1150GS and a 400DRZ. The 400 being the bike of choice for having Good Fun - Off Road. And all of our riding is done 2Up. When we write up a "trip report" of one our rides, rather then put it into the Thai Visa bike section, we put it in the gt-rider.com site, such as the three part trip report we did last riding season that was done in Laos, top to bottom and all off road. Kinda hard to miss those hot hot and still hot with little to no wind days of sailing in the South when there is all this great riding to do up here in the North and over in Laos and Cambodia.

.

Cheers for now

Kin h@ll ! . BMW 1150GS & Suzuki 400DRZ. We are not worthy :jap:

Wait till Garry and Stu find out

Please , Please comment on our 'what motorcycle do you have' thread :- My link

I'm sure someone will be along with some Sailing speak shortly, I know sven's done a bit and I know another two guys who sail but I'm not sure they are on ThaiVisa.

I used to be quite attracted to the sea also. did about 15 years Scuba diving, done a few Liveaboards and did once try to sail a dingy but didn't have the patience for it. Its much easier with a 150hp Suzuki than A Sail

Holy hole in a donut Batman, Stu has just found out and my gob has never been so smacked!

I quite fancy a DRZ400 myself but the only ones I've seen in my price range are without green book/plate. Seems there's a fair few more bikers out there, could be quite a monthly outing by this time next year. I'm gonna get a sidecar when I eventually get my bike so my dog can go too, and some doggie goggles.

[jubby]

Your far too fond of that Rottweiler Stu.

Make her ride 2up live everyone else .. Side saddle ofcourse , seeing as she's a lady

[svenivan]

Hi David, I wonder if not you and me were talking sailing in Rico´s a couple of years ago....

I sailed in Sweden for 15 years, 10 in own boat. Then we were 4 guys that had a small little tiny sailingboat in Phuket for about 2 years. That was good fun and it was fantastic sailing in beautiful areas, between Phuket and Langkawi.

Anchor over night in Phagna Bay. (Out one week with my wife).

The one I was sailing with most was another Viking and we had a lot of fun.

Somewhere ... We probably knew at the time because we had a good GPS.

Some other place ....

We had a lousy chef but a very good bartender ...

This is from when we had a long trip for a whole week to Langkawi.

Note the emergency provisions, two apples!

Lunchtime!

Great time but shit hit the fan and the partnership for the boat went down. I am happy that I had the opportunity to do it but now it is over, enough is enough!

If you are the same guy I am thinking of then you are still sailing now and then?

So we go motorbike now, both the other Viking and me. But offroad 250´s. Big and fast enough for me.

[jubby]

Heres one of Sven in his youth Sailing in the English Channel. he had more mates then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tapisserie_bato1.jpg

[David2up]

Hi David, I wonder if not you and me were talking sailing in Rico´s a couple of years ago....

I sailed in Sweden for 15 years, 10 in own boat. Then we were 4 guys that had a small little tiny sailingboat in Phuket for about 2 years. That was good fun and it was fantastic sailing in beautiful areas, between Phuket and Langkawi.

Anchor over night in Phagna Bay. (Out one week with my wife).

The one I was sailing with most was another Viking and we had a lot of fun.

Somewhere ... We probably knew at the time because we had a good GPS.

Some other place ....

We had a lousy chef but a very good bartender ...

This is from when we had a long trip for a whole week to Langkawi.

Note the emergency provisions, two apples!

Lunchtime!

Great time but shit hit the fan and the partnership for the boat went down. I am happy that I had the opportunity to do it but now it is over, enough is enough!

If you are the same guy I am thinking of then you are still sailing now and then?

So we go motorbike now, both the other Viking and me. But offroad 250´s. Big and fast enough for me.

Morning Sven,

I don't think it was us at Ricos - because we've been trying to figure out where Ricos is and can't find it.

Liked the boat in your picture!

We ride off road (2Up) a good deal of the time, but more in Laos then here in Thailand. Do you ever get over this way to Chiang Khong? We've many pics of our off road riding at www.2up.smugmug.com If what we do looks like Fun, then come on over this way for a ride or two.

Cheers,

David

[svenivan]

Morning Sven,

I don't think it was us at Ricos - because we've been trying to figure out where Ricos is and can't find it.

If what we do looks like Fun, then come on over this way for a ride or two.

Cheers,

David

No, I can see you are not the same guy. Funny because the other guy also lives in Chiang Khong. But he is still working, I think, as a captain on and off on big yachts in this part of the world.

I really like your photos, you guys have been around...

Yes, next time we are on the road and heading north we contact you before and see if we can meet in Chiang Khong. Looking forward to that!