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Mar 14, 2010 2:50 am GMT+7 |
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Article Category - Marine Scene |
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Thu 28 Jan 2010
Phuket Governor, Wichai Praisa-Ngob, has approved plans to shut down the Phuket Port Control Centre (PPCC) in Chalong as it could “no longer accommodate the 1200 yachts arriving in Phuket each year.”
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Thu 26 Nov 2009
Dinghy racing will be making a return to the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta this year. The King’s Cup - now in its 23rd year - originally started with dinghies and it will be getting back to its roots this coming weekend with two days of dinghy racing prior to the start of the full racing schedule.
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Steve Lawrence takes the scenic route from the Andaman to the Gulf of Thailand
Tue 24 Nov 2009
There are two kinds of yachtsmen – those who have run aground, and those who have yet to. In the afternoon of a June day in the channel separating Penang from Malaysia’s mainland, I am firmly in the former camp.
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Fri 23 Oct 2009
ONE of the sailors aboard the USS Ronaled Reagan - which recently visitied Phuket - was a young Thai man named Tanan Tangpradabkul who, at 20 years of age, has already achieved the position of Supervisor within the Flight Control Tower of the gargantuan flight carrier.
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Mon 31 Aug 2009
DRY caving on Phuket has been a popular activity with tourists for over a decade.
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Thu 20 Aug 2009
BRITISH youngster, Mathew Mee and fellow Olympic team mates are planning to enter the 23rd Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, held 28 November to 5 December 2009 at Kata Beach.
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Mon 27 Jul 2009
The Final Day of Six Senses Phuket Raceweek 2009 saw a thrilling climax to this year’s racing. Ray Roberts (pic) sailing the DK46, Evolution Sails, led by just one point to claim the title in the IRC Racing Class on his first outing at Raceweek from last year’s winner Neil Pryde on Hi Fi.
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Sun 26 Jul 2009
The penultimate day of the Six Senses Phuket Raceweek 2009, saw the unstoppable Hans Rahmann notch up his fifth and sixth straight wins on Voodoo to claim the Firefly One Design title with two races to go.
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Sat 25 Jul 2009
Ray Roberts made it three in a row for the re-branded DK46 Evolution Sails on a lengthy windward/leeward Race 3 that lasted for nearly three hours.
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Fri 24 Jul 2009
A wet and windy start to Phuket Raceweek saw the 33 entries storm away from the line for the first races of this year’s summer season regatta. Whether it was first-day excitement or the ever-changing conditions, the Phuket Post-sponsored Coca-Cola Tuay Lek managed to jump the gun at the start of the two IRC 1 races to score OCS for both races.
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