I thought the taxes for yachts had been abolished about a year ago. Actually, I'm pretty certain they have. Worth checking out, but I think flying here is better than sailing. Buy a boat when you get here.
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I thought the taxes for yachts had been abolished about a year ago. Actually, I'm pretty certain they have. Worth checking out, but I think flying here is better than sailing. Buy a boat when you get here.
Yes, I think you are right about the tax thing MD, trust me, I know boats!
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I may or may not be interested Wayne but maybe you would like vto post the pics of your yacht anyway. You never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr
This is our nautical thread after all.
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Please.:)
Many folks who start circumnavigations abandon them somewhere Australia and South Africa. The rumor is that you can often find very sweet deals on boats throughout Asia. Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka are all reputed to be places where great deals can be found.
I would strongly agree that buying a boat in (or near) Thailand would be the way to go. That way you can buy a boat that is not a real ocean boat. This is a good thing because a coastal boat is what you want for coastal sailing. Lots of interior volume, a huge cockpit, shallow draft, high sail to displacement ratios, light displacement. All these things are advantageous to coastal sailing but are not what you want on an ocean boat.
For a coastal boat look at things like:
Catalina 30 (the ubiquitous Chevy of the sailing world)
Bentineau (sp)
Hunters
The reports of piracy in Asia are pretty much old news and very much blown out of proportion. Most of the organized piracy is actually against merchant vessels, not against private yachts. Theft is common actual armed robbery is rare despite the fear mongers.
Okay, Captain, just a taste of "Yankee", she is going for AUD20,000.
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Don't think she'd make it to Thailand though!
Yankee looks nice Wayne. At a gues she is about 23'. Am I right?
28' on the books, but closer to 27', the angle of the dangle on the slip makes her look shorter, you'd be surprised at how short a 23' is, I want to step up to a 30'+
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Cap, a bigger boat. I lived aboard a 26 footer for about a year back in the eighties. nice boat, great when cruising, but kind of depressing when you're tied up to the dock, living day-to-day.
deep, full keel with maybe a bit of a cutaway forefoot. Wineglass cross-section, if you're serious about an ocean voyage. that boat up there might make it to thailand but you'll be wet, tired and miserable. I imagin she's to take some work to keep n course. a sterring vane will work but she'll still stagger. Long keel less sterring to be done. that flat bottom would make her fast but she'll pound and jar the bejeesus out of you. planes are nice, apartments cheaper and you cna always rent a boat. When you comin' home?
I tend to agree with you their frisco. It had occured to me that liveaboard would be an easy and cheap life, with the added advantage of being able to get away from the cacophony that is Thailand whenever you wanted to.
I have no ocean sailing experience at all so sailing to the Los would be folly.
I hope to be in the Los before Christmas.:saythat:
OK, so would anyone like to hazard a guess as to how much some accomodation like this might cost?
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Isn't that stuck in a pond in BuriRam?
I'd say about 400 baht a night.
500 if you want the owner to sleep in with you!
You will need personal automatic weapons and a weapon that can blow a hole in a boat,like an RPG7.
Good luck.
I read today that the only place in Thailand where you can legally live in a house boat is in Phitsanulok, and only in an existing boat. No new ones are allowed to be registered.
Note I said 'legally'.
A four baht ride down Charoen Sanitwong soi 44 will get you to the police station/jail there. walk along a tiny wooden plank to the a small floating dock where for 5 baht you can ride across the river. At the dock there is small community of rice barge liveaboards.
A few are still floating but most are up on the hard. The elevated plank walkway meanders among the decrepit hulks and the smell is, well... interesting.
Along the planks there are makeshift shacks no more than a covered wide spot in walkway walking along there you may find yourself walking through someone kitchen. Wires and cables from the street run willy-nilly and there are folks sitting on deck of their boats, and in the shacks, watching Thai boxing drinking lao khaow. Most of the barges look roomy and must have standing headroom in 'em. Plenty of beam and about 45 feet on deck. Think you can pick one up for a song Cap.
According to the Phuket Gazette boats imported for either commercial or private use are now taxed at the current VAT rate of 7%. The rate has come down dramatically in the past few years.
Like the Captain I am also hoping to sail when in Thailand. The most popular area does seem to be Phuket but there is also a marina in HH, sadly with very few boats of any type in it, and of course there is a marina in Pattaya. You can certainly hire from Pattaya and I would be very interested in making up a charter with like minded chaps and/or chapesses when I am there.
Lets keep it going then Dougal. Sailing is very relaxing and great fun. I for one would be very keen to charter a a boat and do a bit of sailing in the Gulf of Thailand. The more the merrier I say. We are all of a like mind here and spending a weekend sailing with a few topless gals in the galley sounds just the ticket.:boobies::friday::mat:
Two of my rugger mates go sailing in Pattaya every weekend. I think they're into racing. Jolly good fun if you aren't prone to seasickness.
As long as it's not Roger the cabin boyQuote:
Originally Posted by Captain Sensible
Will it be ok to invite twinkle along. I think he is feeling a little lonely just now.;)
Yes I can see Twinkle on a boat. Preferably strapped to the prow as a figurehead.
Thanks. And I am seeing this ones too also. Thanks. Who is the Prow? I am and to makee with strap. I am havee the broad mind also. I am ab accept for sail. Thanks. I am a lookee forward. You can makee to me the pm and I am be avaleiable. Thanks. I will to makee the fruishtuch for took khun(<haha. Is a Thai linguage) You get him is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal
Thanks.
Hi Dieter,
Good to have you aboard. Not sure how to explain 'prow' in German, 'gesharpend' if my highschool knowledge hasn't deserted me.
Have you sailed before? No matter if you haven't, lots of people say that becoming a sailor has enabled them to enlarge the circle of their friends and no doubt you will soon find your way round the bouys.
Thanks and a yes. I am watchee the meny go to the sailing and I am the sigel. Also with the map of the plaze. I two am am a goodt one for the Galeere, zum eines wirklich geschmackvollen Isolationsschlauch boolognaise zu bilden. Is a abesting one. Thanks. I will a a helping too also. Thank.
Well of course that's easy for YOU to say Dieter. But if Italian food disagrees with you so much then just don't eat it.