Mersoleil

Mersoleil is a 2010 Hylas cutter rigged monohull, an H46, built in Taiwan by Queen Long Marine. A bluewater cruiser through and through, she has carried Robbie and Bev more than 50,000nm around the world from 2011 to 2020. Mersoleil will be interviewing new owners in Ft. Lauderdale by spring 2020.

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Posted: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 - 16:34

April 23 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia On Saturday afternoons I volunteer with the local branch of a worldwide NGO at their Georgetown office and activity center. As the only native speaker

Posted: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 16:34

April 7 Straits Quay, Penang, Malaysia We continue to revel in the people-watching at Straits Quay. Eastern & Oriental Corporation wisely, thoughtfully, constructed a 3km waterfront promenade

Posted: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 - 17:34

March 20 Straits Quay, Penang, Malaysia (Pulau Pinang to the locals, Beetle nut island.) Chickens seem to provide us a source of endless amusement. Years ago we wondered why thighs and legs were

Posted: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 - 18:34

March 13, Chiang Mai, Thailand Founded in 1296 as the ruling center of the Lanna Kingdom, Chiang Mai, grew to become the religious and artistic capital of Thailand's Northern mountains, enjoying a

Posted: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 - 18:34

February 27 Phuket, Thailand We sailed back up to Thailand in late February to meet son, Chris Collins, who came from America with his friend Nick to see Thailand and, we like to think, to visit us

Posted: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 - 22:25

Robbie and I send our very best Happy Birthday wishes to our precious friends, Koji Nakao in the United States, Derek Stembridge in New Zealand, and Kevin Pool in Thailand! Yesterday, in

Posted: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 - 03:00

Filling the next ten months with boat projects, land travel to other parts of SE Asia and devouring the delights of Penang and its colonial heart, Georgetown, we've taken a berth at Straits Quay

Posted: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 - 03:00

Koh Phi Phi Don is the most popular tourist hotspot in the entire Phuket area, so we went there just to find out why none of our friends like it. Now we understand. If we were 22 years old

Posted: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 - 03:00

With an eye toward our preparations for the jump to Sri Lanka next northern winter, we're interviewing marinas in Thailand. We've stopped at Krabi Boat Lagoon on the Thai mainland for provisions and

Posted: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 - 03:00

Several years ago an Indie Film Festival was staged inside the hong at Koh Kudu Yai. They constructed floating platforms right on the water and projected the movies on a screen with the cliffs as

Posted: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 - 03:00

Only a short run from the village of Pan Yi, Koh Deang Yai provides another scenic overnight stop. The distance is short, but it's an unnerving route crossing such shallow waters that we probably

Posted: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 - 03:00

At the head of Phang Nga Bay the waters shallow very gradually to muddy flats and mangrove forests surrounding the karst sea mountains that jut impressively into the sky. One of these sea mountains

Posted: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 - 03:00

Only a couple of miles from last night's anchorage, Koh Hong has such a spectacular enclosed room (the hong) that the island is named for it. In mid-afternoon, despite the fact that tour boats were

Posted: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 - 03:00

This is our first anchorage in Phang Nga Bay and we're nestled up to the west side of Koh Phanak near the hong (Chinese for room), busy with tourists paddling in and out on kayaks. As we prepared to

Posted: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 - 01:57

Koh Lipe (I resist the temptation to add the word island, since Koh already says that) exceeded our hopes and there we remained for three nights, checking into the country at the beachfront Customs

Posted: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 - 19:39

Slowly but surely, we're moving in the direction of Phuket and the stunning islands of Phang Nga Bay. We've stopped at tiny Koh Lipe, koh meaning island, and checked into Thailand here. Will take a

Posted: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 - 15:27

Happy New Year! Taking New Year's Eve as the perfect opportunity to escape yet another marina, we made a quick grocery run, checked out of the country of Malaysia, enjoyed a tasty Malaysian lunch

Posted: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 - 21:41

Already in Langkawi for a week and a half, we've settled in for a stay at Royal Langkawi Yacht Club. Later this afternoon we'll be inundated by boxes, the big DHL shipment from the US scheduled to

Posted: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 - 03:00

Finally! After months spent in marinas and crowded anchorages we feel like we're cruising again! We've arrived at Langkawi Island near the Malaysia/Thailand border where the islands are high and

Posted: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 - 03:00

Home to about 1.2 million people, Penang is an island state just off the west coast of Malaysia, it’s skyline dominated by highrise condominium buildings, all constructed in the last thirty years

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