Wow! With so much anxiety, frustration and misery ashore due to all the ongoing problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic it was exhilarating and therapeutic to get in two good days of sailing in near-perfect sailing conditions. With the sun out and the wind hovering around 12 knots competitors were yelling for more as they…

All the trouble and worry put into preparing for the 18th Phuket Raceweek paid off as organisers and Phuket Raceweek rights holders Media Business Services Co Ltd managed by Byron and Rung Jones who were rewarded with blue skies and great sailing for the first day of the regatta. Byron was on the start boat…

Despite the multiple challenges that COVID-19 brings to organizing any event, Media Business Service (MBS), the organizers and rights holders of Phuket Raceweek, have pushed ahead with the regatta this year after unfortunately having to cancel it in 2020. Restrictions caused MBS to reschedule their normal mid-July date to the end of August, and though…

It has been a busy pandemic for Southeast Asia Pilot (SEAP) co-author and publisher, Grenville Fordham. Stuck on shore, and with not much going on in the cruising world, he’s been working hard in the digital corners of the sailors’ favourite regional cruising guide. Following a major update of the print version in 2019 (6th…

We are delighted to confirm today that we are GO for The 18th Phuket Raceweek. Registration is on Thursday 26th August at the Phuket Cruising Yacht Club from 17:00. We thank Brent at PCYC for all the assistance, help and for accommodating us. Three full days of racing from Friday to Sunday the 27th – 29th…

The Phuket Sandbox is working with over 12,000 visitors in July. However, as we move into August and Covid 19 restrictions are being enforced and extended throughout Thailand we wanted to confirm our intentions. We are going sailing. I am reaching out to ask you to help us by getting your registration filled in ASAP….

The good news here in Phuket is that the government plan to re-open Phuket from the 1st July has happened and now in mid-July I am pleased to report it is working. The situation in other parts of Thailand is not so good and we pray things do not get any worse. With that said…

The good news here in Phuket is that there is a confident government plan to re-open Phuket from the 1st of July known as the Phuket Sandbox which some of you may have heard about. We have also been told this week that we can hold an event with up to 200 people subject to…