Hi Y'all, I just got back from a yacht trip down to Malaysia. The yacht we were on was real nice. It's a proper 40 foot Australian racing yacht. The trip was a lot of work. We sailed straight down. It took over 20 hours of sailing without a break. We had a storm around midnight. It was a bit scary. The wind was real strong and lightning was striking all around us! It eventually died down... as did the pucker factor :-) At 6:00 am the following morning, there was a water spout behind the boat. I took a photo that I hope turns out. If it does, I'll scan it and put it on our website. It looked really awesome. I've seen several water spouts in my 7 years here. For some reason, they seem to all occur at daybreak. We had a good time paddling around Langkawi. It's a beautiful island. We saw monkeys, hornbills, lots of White-bellied Sea Eagles and Brahminy Kites, Lesser Ratchet-tailed Drongos (a black bird with two extremely long tail feathers) and some other cool birds. The mangrove forests were in very good shape. We actually saw a lot of primary growth trees... something uncommon in most of Thailand. We also found a cave we could paddle through. The trip back was a pain in the butt. The wind had shifted and it was a direct headwind the whole way back. It took 26 hours to get back. Plus, it rain almost the entire time. I got a little sea sick for one stretch. I came out of it. I'm sure glad I don't have to go yachting every day! Cheers, Dave Dave Williams dave_at_paddleasia.com http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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