A weekend on the water

The May Day long weekend: Jing and I with Inge and Strompfie, up Mirs Bay way....

Inge, Strompfie, Forse, on way up.  Nice breeze, speeds to 10 knots...

Strompfie at the wheel, having just passed this unidentified red steel ketch.

Jing enjoying the fine weather.  At least, not too much rain...

Xena snuggled into Double Haven, Mirs Bay.  From near the restaurant

Colour study: Wong Shek Pier.
Green Island and Tap Mun behind the Danbuoy (the yellow thing...).

Sharp Peak, peaks out, from Wong Shek Pier.
Both Strompfie and Jing have climbed it.

Relax on autopilot on the way back to HK.

Duk Ling, back on the water just recently.  Hong Kong's
last sail-driven junk

Jing's Sydney-based colleague sends her this, from the other morning
in Sydney Harbour, from the UBS building.

Phuket cruise; Phang Nga Bay and Beyond...

Draft itinerary for next week's cruising in Phuket and surrounds, below.  Click on the image for large, printable format.  Subject to change at our whim, and whim of the wind, of course....
And below the itinerary are scans from the latest "Southeast Asia Pilot",  (Third Edition), for the relevant stops around Phuket.

Xena Cruising Phuket, Similan, and other islands...

Great news: old school chum (Canberra Grammar, '67) Barry Faux ("Baz") & partner Therezia from Oz, and Peter & Eva Honeyman from Israel, will join us in our cruise ex Phuket starting this Saturday 8th.  We're much looking forward to that.
Below some email corro with Baz on the likely itinerary for the cruise.  Of course, detail will change as the wind takes us....

The Similans

Jumping the gun a bit here -- to after the King's Cup and our plan to come back after Christmas for a bit of cruising.  Rick Strompf suggests the Similans.
Click map to enlarge.