Friday, 27 March 2026

Xena, Koh Samui Regatta, Thailand, 2014

 

Xena, on the way to winning! 
Xena is an X-55, built for us new, by X-Yachts in Denmark. 

She was hull number 25, delivered to us in Hong Kong in 2008. 

She was named after the famous television series “Xena: Warrior Princess”, starring the wonderful statuesque Lucy Lawless of New Zealand. It was a favourite of my son and mine. 

After 10 years of successful racing and cruising around Asia, we sold her in 2018. She is now in Thailand, we believe. 

I built a small wooden boat in our backyard, in 2012: "Building a Somes Sound Wooden Boat in Hong Kong".  This boat we named "Gabrielle", the side-kick on Xena in the TV series. 

I'm posting this just for the record and because I love that photo above. It was taken by the professional camera-team boat as we were coming up to the top mark. Great sailing in Koh Samui.

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