ICAROS

Icaros is a 2002 Catana 431 catamaran purchased by the current owners, Bev & Bob, in France in 2013. Icaros has a white hull with grey and yellow sail and cockpit covers.

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Posted: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 - 12:18

Electrical and chart plotter problems sorted. A loose wire and a faulty update seemed to be the culprits. Time to leave Malaysia and what a send off we received. Military ships galore as well as

Posted: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 - 12:45

So... we decide to motor over to Kuah which is the main town on Langkawi. We'll do a last grocery shop for fresh fruit & veg and then check out of Malaysia at the Harbour Master, Customs &

Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 - 07:10

We booked Icaros into Rebak Marina for a few days and we took advantage of some cheap Air Asia flights to Penang. Bob & I visited the Indonesian Consulate to get a long stay visa. The rest of the

Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 - 11:00

Eric has come to visit. Most of the jobs on the 'To Do List' are done, the boat is laden with food and grog and now it's time to do some touristy fun things. Spent a few enjoyable days anchored off

Posted: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 - 13:32

Painted & polished & ready to get back in the water. Looking pretty nice!! We'll spend the next three weeks around Langkawi preparing for our next passage. Still a few more jobs on the 'To Do'

Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 - 08:32

Currently up out of the water at Rebak Island Marina to repaint the bottom & a few other jobs. Situated on a small island off of Langkawi Island. A nice resort next door complete with pool & swim up

Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 - 01:51

Our last stop in Thailand was spent on Koh Lanta. Lovely beach full of restaurants & bars and best of all - no noisy long-tail boats. Could have spent more time here but shall take advantage of a

Posted: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 - 21:16

A fun day yesterday. Started with a dinghy parade. Drone footage will likely appear on the Sail Thailand facebook page in a day or so. A local boatyard hosted the day and we were treated to

Posted: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 - 23:24

Spent a couple of days visiting a few hongs in Phang Na Bay, paddling around several islands and enjoying the scenery.

Posted: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 - 03:21

One of the Sail Thailand Rally activities was a beach clean up. We were joined by 20+ school children and about a dozen adults from a nearby resort. Only took an hour to fill several bags and this

Posted: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 - 12:17

Exploring the islands near Krabi - along with hundreds - no thousands of incredibly noisy long tail boats.

Posted: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 - 14:49

We are in Port Takola Marina near Krabi with its lovely karst landscape in the background. Have spent a bit of time enjoying their new restaurant/bar complete with live entertainment. Ventured

Posted: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 - 17:30

The past couple of days in Nai Harn Bay were spent socializing & saying goodbye to many. Thailand is a crossroads for our cruising friends. Some will remain in SE Asia for awhile, some will head to

Posted: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 - 23:02

We headed back to Nai Harn Bay yesterday so we could join a bunch of our Aussie mates and celebrate Australia Day.

Posted: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 - 13:15

Day 2 of the Rally saw us visiting a Pearl farm in a nearby bay. About 1500 oysters hanging around in cages for 1.5 years. They don't have to feed them but they do have to clean off the barnacles &

Posted: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 - 03:33

We've come back into Ao Chalong to join up with the Sail Thailand Rally. Had a very nice lunch with everyone at the Phuket Yacht Club. There's only about a dozen boats in this Rally . We already know

Posted: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 - 17:31

We have settled back into Nai Harn Bay at the South end of Phuket Island. A nice protected bay in this NE season. We're trying to have our days start with an early morning walk up to the lookout with

Posted: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 - 14:33

The Big Buddha is having a bit of trouble watching us through the clouds. An uneventful past 24 hours with not much wind or rain. The storm has passed us by but we may see a day or two of rainy

Posted: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 - 14:55

Anchored at the top end of Ao Chalong under the watchful eyes of Big Buddha. The calm before the storm? Eerily quiet this morning. This bay is usually a hive of boating activity but there has been a

Posted: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 - 13:31

We took advantage of some favourable breezes and have returned to Nai Harn Bay at Phuket. The weather forecast has a tropical storm moving into the area in the next couple of days. We shall move up

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