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I shall post those here once she has slipped quietly into deep waters.&lt;div&gt;For the time being here are some photos to show you the progress and detail that has gone into building the exact replica of this famous Battleship.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                                                                                                     Here is some more info on the Bismarck so you can read up on her life story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/bismarck.html"&gt;http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/bismarck.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SyAxomWiVVI/AAAAAAAABr0/ZHvsjPgd1EE/s320/SDC12832.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413381325658936658" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SyAzWp37afI/AAAAAAAABsM/F1tpbjZLu1Q/s320/SDC12835.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413383216389908978" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-264611873141795814?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-12-10T06:35:06.809+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SyAyOs7St-I/AAAAAAAABsE/TYUcPts4Hr8/s72-c/SDC12834.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Ghost Ship</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/05/ghost-ship.html</link><category>Ghost ship</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:37:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-5332394480628280907</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAciQ8pHI/AAAAAAAABXs/Hb_qMGCWynw/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAciQ8pHI/AAAAAAAABXs/Hb_qMGCWynw/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331066180389872754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She's a beauty but can anyone tell me the name of the ship? &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAj6sDXDI/AAAAAAAABX0/RMLKrc7MB2s/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAj6sDXDI/AAAAAAAABX0/RMLKrc7MB2s/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331066307205094450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please comment below this is not a competition, but the ship is quite famous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAS8Fv-WI/AAAAAAAABXk/YrebTCEWHrY/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAS8Fv-WI/AAAAAAAABXk/YrebTCEWHrY/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331066015523535202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-5332394480628280907?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-05-02T10:42:45.771+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfvAciQ8pHI/AAAAAAAABXs/Hb_qMGCWynw/s72-c/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+016.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>HMNZS Taupo</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/04/hmnzs-taupo.html</link><category>HMNZS Taupo</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:16:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-433905268349242226</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SflevnAutqI/AAAAAAAABXc/AaR67HTNWek/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+009Hmnzs+Taupo+in+Front.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SflevnAutqI/AAAAAAAABXc/AaR67HTNWek/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+009Hmnzs+Taupo+in+Front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330395805988599458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sitting in dry dock and the forefront you see the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;HMNZS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Taupo&lt;/span&gt; the new inshore patrol vessel. Beautiful streamline.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-433905268349242226?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-04-30T15:20:15.588+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SflevnAutqI/AAAAAAAABXc/AaR67HTNWek/s72-c/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+009Hmnzs+Taupo+in+Front.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>HMNZS Canterbury and Waikato</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/04/hmnzs-canterbury-and-waikato.html</link><category>RNZN</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:40:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-5381614723768363174</guid><description>The ships continue under sailing orders and here is the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Hmnzs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Waikato&lt;/span&gt; F55 and the Canterbury F421.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfQ6romRhyI/AAAAAAAABWM/ZV96SZYvdDo/s1600-h/canterburywaikato.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfQ6romRhyI/AAAAAAAABWM/ZV96SZYvdDo/s400/canterburywaikato.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328948780392875810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; All these photographs have been passed to me by an avid follower of model ships, himself a retired &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;RNZN&lt;/span&gt; Officer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those readers that wish to read more about the steel ships and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;RNZN&lt;/span&gt; then you can go to  &lt;a href="http://www.navy.mil.nz/"&gt;http://www.navy.mil.nz/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; you can also browse the naval museum's site which will tell you more about the older ships and the history of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;RNZN&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.navymuseum.mil.nz/"&gt;http://www.navymuseum.mil.nz/&lt;/a&gt;, enjoy these great sites and I shall be back with more scale models from Dick Hopper.                                                                                                                                              &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfQ6romRhyI/AAAAAAAABWM/ZV96SZYvdDo/s1600-h/canterburywaikato.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-5381614723768363174?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-04-26T18:11:19.238+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfQ6romRhyI/AAAAAAAABWM/ZV96SZYvdDo/s72-c/canterburywaikato.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Hmnzs Te Mana</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/04/hmnzs-te-mana.html</link><category>Hmnzs Te Mana</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:38:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-5778970115987789558</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfEmu4D9HZI/AAAAAAAABVM/13ld4syqPes/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfEmu4D9HZI/AAAAAAAABVM/13ld4syqPes/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328082420920819090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dick Hopper continues his excellent work in scale models here with one of the newest additions to the RNZN the Hmnzs Te Mana. I still cannot believe the realism of these models. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfEmaRqfMDI/AAAAAAAABVE/b6jon7OSmxg/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+011Te+Mana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfEmaRqfMDI/AAAAAAAABVE/b6jon7OSmxg/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+011Te+Mana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328082067016069170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Remember these are scale models but the thing is it feels like you can step on board and look around the ship.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-5778970115987789558?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-04-24T09:45:31.568+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SfEmu4D9HZI/AAAAAAAABVM/13ld4syqPes/s72-c/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+008.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>HMNZS Canterbury</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/04/hmnzs-canterbury.html</link><category>Dick Hopper Scale Model Ships</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:25:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-5963398064719616288</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/Se2tmKgApcI/AAAAAAAABU8/tqXkhe4lsuM/s1600-h/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/Se2tmKgApcI/AAAAAAAABU8/tqXkhe4lsuM/s400/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327104805414413762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to present the work of Dick Hopper a New &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Zealander&lt;/span&gt; who's passion is to make scale models of some of the Royal New Zealand Navy warships. His scale work is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;truly&lt;/span&gt; realistic. Myself having served on the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;HMNZS&lt;/span&gt; Canterbury seen here gives me great pleasure to see here afloat once again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-5963398064719616288?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-04-23T08:10:31.017+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/Se2tmKgApcI/AAAAAAAABU8/tqXkhe4lsuM/s72-c/DIck+Hopper+Model+Boats+004.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Slain Briton's body recovered</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/slain-britons-body-recovered.html</link><category>Britsh sailor</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:46:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-1688904678235932177</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://www.phuketgazette.net/newsimages/bull3302009-7209-1.jpg" class="linked-image" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The youngest of the three suspects grew up on&lt;br /&gt;Koh Phi Phi and speaks English, Thai and Burmese&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its a relief for the family after days of searching, the body of slain British sailor Malcolm Robertson was recovered by fisherman about 10 nautical miles north of Satun’s Lipeh Island at about 3pm today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three Burmese men, aged 17, 18 and 19, have said they climbed on to the Robertsons’ yacht because they were starving after fleeing to a nearby island from rough conditions on a Thai fishing vessel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The discovery of the body diminishes the chance that the youths will be able to avoid murder charges and possible death sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They claim they went two days without food and were challenged by Robertson while desperately searching his yacht for food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The eldest of the three reportedly confessed to both Thai police and a British photographer that he killed Robertson with a hammer after a struggle, then lowered the Englishman’s body into the sea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man’s wife, Linda Robertson, confirmed the identity of the attackers and gave testimony in local courts on Friday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs Robertson was tied up during the ordeal, but managed to haul in the anchor and motor away to safety after the Burmese men left in a dinghy on Tuesday morning, about 10 hours after sneaking on board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an interview by phone, she expressed relief yesterday that the trio had been caught so swiftly by the police, whose efforts she lauded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said she certainly felt the youngest of the Burmese was anguished about her husband’s death, but she was not sure if the older pair were as remorseful as they said. But she felt it was "irrelevant" if they faced a murder charge or manslaughter, as “it wouldn’t bring Malcolm back”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She and her husband left the UK 10 years ago to sail around the world, but “loved Thailand so much” they remained here for three years. On Saturday, she and the couple's four children, all in their 30s, held a service on the yacht Mr Bean to remember Malcolm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The family are with me, and that is a huge difference,” she said, adding that the service brought out laughter, as well as tears. “I wasn’t quite as horrified to be on the boat as I thought I’d be,” she said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-1688904678235932177?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-30T20:49:45.617+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Migrant workers attack Yacht</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/migrant-workers-attack-yacht.html</link><category>Migrant workers</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:27:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-7788080574220350543</guid><description>&lt;span class="postbody"&gt;I just saw on CNN also about the British man sailing with his wife off the coast of southern Thailand was beaten to death and thrown overboard by men trying to steal their dinghy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Police arrested three migrant workers from neighbouring Myanmar whom they accused of attacking Malcolm Robertson and his wife, Linda, Monday on their yacht anchored off the coast of Satun, a southern province bordering Malaysia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"They tried to steal the dinghy and beat Mr. Robertson with their fists and hammers until he died, they are still searching for the body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least the British embassy in Thailand said it was assisting Linda Robertson, who suffered minor injuries. She looked really shaken on CNN and had returned to the yacht for the first time since they made land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some fishermen had reported the yacht apparently adrift and when the police investigated, the three suspects tried to flee in the dinghy and were arrested, they were just teenagers and it seemed it was more of a game to them playing with Mrs Robertsons mobile phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again the migrant workers are in the spotlight as in chiang mai earlier this year a migrant worker was accused of killing a university student&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thailand is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, luring some 14 million tourists annually, with Britain the biggest Western market.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-7788080574220350543?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-27T07:35:37.369+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Box Jellyfish</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/box-jellyfish.html</link><category>Box Jellyfish</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-1621666360080329611</guid><description>Well that's me I am back to the pool, its really bad enough getting whip lashed by a normal jelly fish but the boxer is an excruciating pain, anyway at  &lt;span class="normal1"&gt;CAPE PANWA, PHUKET: Marine biologists think they have discovered a tiny species of the venomous box jellyfish never seen before in the waters around Phuket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I plan on heading up to Phuket next month and its definately a hotel with the pool, besides sometimes you get really hassled whilst sitting on the beach, people wanting to give you an massage to T shirts and suntan lotion. So the pool is the better bet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ScLdgUuK3sI/AAAAAAAABRY/SkuzhpiJycM/s1600-h/box+JEllyfish.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ScLdgUuK3sI/AAAAAAAABRY/SkuzhpiJycM/s200/box+JEllyfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315054057638518466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="normal1"&gt;Anyway heres a look at the new boxer and I am sure its not resticted itself o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="normal1"&gt;nly to phuket waters, so be careful out there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-1621666360080329611?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-20T07:15:46.763+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ScLdgUuK3sI/AAAAAAAABRY/SkuzhpiJycM/s72-c/box+JEllyfish.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Phuket Dive Boat bodies Recovered</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/i-was-right-boat-was-only-4-months-old.html</link><category>Bodies recovered</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:55:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-6711276753242890539</guid><description>&lt;span class="normal1"&gt;I was right the boat was only 4 months old and extremely well kitted out for diving and excursions off shore, and it was the boat on the local travel programme 'Destination Thailand'. So the Phuket branch of the Department of Disaster Prevention &amp;amp; Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) confirmed this afternoon that the bodies of four more victims from the dive boat &lt;i&gt;Choke Somboon 19&lt;/i&gt; have been discovered inside the sunken vessel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deep sea divers have been working with Marine Police since first light this morning to reach the sunken vessel, which lies 70 meters below the surface, to confirm that it is in fact the same vessel that capsized during a freak storm on Sunday night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Choke Somboon 19  &lt;/span&gt;was carrying 30 people, 23 of whom were rescued on Monday, leaving seven people missing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The four victims were discovered at 3.30pm in two separate sleeping quarters – two bodies in each cabin – and have been identified by Marine Police as Swiss nationals Mr Klaus Konradder and Ms Monika Schuster, and Austrian nationals Ms Sibylle Bucher and Mr Rolf Niederberge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The body of Austrian national Gabrielle Jetzinger was found yesterday, floating in the area where the vessel sank, leaving Thai national Mr Jumpa “Gen” Sorntat – the boat’s cook – and Japanese national Mr Yuba Hirotsuga still unaccounted for.  I have attached here a video from the local TV station.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2OYJ3181sY&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2OYJ3181sY&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-6711276753242890539?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-12T15:10:16.363+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Dive vessel victim identified</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/dive-vessel-victim-identified.html</link><category>Life Jacket</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:02:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-6950130517663036267</guid><description>&lt;span class="normal1"&gt;The identity of the female tourist whose body was recovered by a Royal Thai Navy vessel this morning has been confirmed as that of Austrian national Gabrielle Jetzinger, a source at the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has revealed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms Jetzinger was among seven passengers still listed as missing after the dive vessel &lt;i&gt;Choke Somboon 19&lt;/i&gt; (“Perfect Luck 19”) sank in a sea squall late on Sunday night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local fishermen helped Marine Police pick up 23 survivors found floating adrift in an inflatable life raft near the site of the incident at about 2 am on Monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six other people – five of them foreigners – remain among the missing: Yuba Hirotsuga (Japan); Klaus Konradder and Monika Schuster (Austria); Sibylle Bucher and Rolf Niederberge (Switzerland); and Thai national Jumpa “Gen” Sorntat, the boat’s cook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms Jetzinger’s body, spotted at about 10:30 am by an airplane involved in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation, is now being held at Vachira Phuket Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms Jetzinger’s body was not in a life jacket at the time of its recovery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The search-and-rescue effort will be suspended at dusk today and resume at daybreak tomorrow. At this stage it appears the other missing people were also not wearing life jackets and there is little chance of finding further survivors as the waters the boat sank in is full of sea life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-6950130517663036267?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-11T14:07:24.157+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Dive Asia Sinking</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/dive-asia-sinking.html</link><category>Fatal Boating</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:51:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-3518359171434207480</guid><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="headline0"&gt;Body of ferry sinking victim recovered&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                 &lt;div align="center"&gt;                    &lt;center&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="10%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="10"&gt;                       &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                            &lt;td align="center"&gt;                              &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="10%"&gt;                               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                 &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.phuketgazette.com/newsimages/bull3102009-7146-1.jpg" cache="" hspace="3" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                               &lt;/tr&gt;                             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                       &lt;/tr&gt;                       &lt;tr&gt;                          &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="normal2"&gt;Choke Somboon 19 was returning passengers from a dive trip to the Similan Islands when it sank on Sunday night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                       &lt;/tr&gt;                     &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;                                         &lt;/center&gt;                 &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;span class="normal1"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;AO MAKHAM, PHUKET: The body of a Caucasian woman was this morning found floating near the site of the sinking of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Choke Somboon &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;19&lt;/em&gt;, which capsized about 12 nautical miles off Phuket on Sunday night. I have seen this boat and always seemed to me to be looking top heavy, I don't know how much keel there is under the water line but could well be the reason, I am sure there will be an enquiry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boat also was featured on a local tourist show not so long ago which airs on cable television here, the name of the show is 'Destination Thailand' if I remember the boat was new to the fleet of tour operators that work out of Phuket, the boat looked modern  and extremely well equipped for diving trips, but I still had the feeling then if all the passengers lent one side and it was listing to that side she would turn over. Who knows?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;For the original story, click &lt;a href="http://www.phuketgazette.net/dailynews/index.asp?Id=7144" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phuketgazette.net/dailynews/index.asp?Id=7144"&gt;. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;The identity of the woman has not yet been confirmed. Her body, recovered by a Royal Thai Navy patrol boat, is expected to arrive at the Phuket Deep Sea Port in Ao Makham this afternoon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;The woman was likely among seven people still missing following the accident, which happened at around 11 pm on Sunday. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;They are: Austrian nationals Ms Jetzinger Gabrielle, Mr Klaus Konradder and Ms Monika Schuster, Japanese national Mr Yuba Hirotsuga, Swiss natives Ms Sibylle Bucher and Mr Rolf Niederberge, and Thai national, Ms Jumpa “Gen” Sorntat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;An emergency meeting was held at Phuket Provincial Hall this morning to discuss the search effort.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Attending were Phuket Governor Preecha Ruangjan and representatives from the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Phuket Provincial Police, the Marine Police Region 8, TAT and Dive Asia, operator of the ill-fated vessel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;The search effort continues and helicopters are on standby to airlift any survivors to hospital, Gov Preecha said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;A Royal Thai Navy officer spokesman said that people in life-jackets can survive for two days at sea without water. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;If they have access to water, then three days is not uncommon – though the chances of surviving any longer than that is low, he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Meanwhile, Phuket Provincial Police Commander Apirak Hongtong said that police are investigating whether to charge boat captain Chakri Leechuay with negligence for having taken the vessel out to sea when storms were forecast for the area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The Tourist Police and Immigration Police at Phuket International Airport have pledged to assist survivors who wish to return home but who lost their passports in the accident.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-3518359171434207480?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-11T14:17:35.191+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Sailing the Trang Islands</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/03/sailing-trang-islands.html</link><category>Trang sailing</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-254933327194548471</guid><description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="articlelead"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;One of Southern Thailand’s best      kept secrets – Trang Province is the place to go for near deserted islands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Tra&lt;img alt="Koh Kradan, Trang province [20145 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-0.jpg" align="left" border="0" vspace="4" width="250" height="132" hspace="4" /&gt;ng      Town itself is a pleasant enough place to visit and has many fine examples      of Chinese architecture; most travellers use it as a jumping off point for      the nearby coral islands. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Pak Meng Pier, 40 km west of Trang Town is the place      to head to for transportation to the islands, although it is possible to get      there from Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta. Most of Trang’s 47 Islands are      uninhabited, the few that are have no more than 2 or 3 places to stay on      them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;These range from simple bungalows to luxury resorts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Liang Tai, Trang province [18664 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-2.jpg" align="right" border="0" vspace="4" width="250" height="166" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Koh      Ngai,&lt;/b&gt; one of the most popular Islands, is fringed with excellent beaches      and has a good reef perfect for snorkelling. &lt;b&gt;Koh Chuak&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Koh      Waen&lt;/b&gt; also offer excellent snorkelling. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Dive sites in the area are generally much quieter      than around Phuket. Most resorts will offer day trips to Koh Muk and the      Emerald Cave – only recently discovered by helicopter – only accessible at      low tide by swimming down an 80m cave. This magnificent ‘hong’ is one of the      ‘must see’ highlights of the area. The newly opened Trang Tourist Office      (075) 215 580 can make recommendations and advance reservations for many      resorts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Kradan, Trang province [17927 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-1.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="250" height="155" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Liang Tai, Trang province [21880 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-3.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="350" height="122" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Liang Tai, Trang province [17238 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-4.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="250" height="168" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Muk, Trang province [17093 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-6.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="350" height="147" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Muk, Trang province [17564 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-7.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="250" height="142" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;     &lt;img alt="Koh Petra, Trang province [19837 bytes]" src="http://www.phuketmagazine.com/Andaman_Region/img-1-28-9.jpg" border="0" vspace="4" width="350" height="165" hspace="4" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="articlelead"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;This has been the favourite area for charter yachting and you will always find different flags flying astern many foreign yachts. I love it here as I never meet people in a rush, even low on fuel the skipper said we can sail anywhere its only a major problem when the beer runs out and the woman start complaining that the boys are too busy sailing for them to get a decent tan, you cant have it all eh!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-254933327194548471?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-03-10T13:51:07.840+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Australian teenager dies after tragic boating mishap</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/02/australian-teenager-dies-after-tragic.html</link><category>Tragic Loss</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:46:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-5564327237776930602</guid><description>&lt;span class="postbody"&gt;A DARWIN family has been rocked by tragedy after a boat accident in Thailand claimed their daughter's life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/bahtandsold/11-30.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;TRAGEDY: Ali van Os, described as an 'entrancing' girl, was tragically killed in a freak yachting accident.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ali van Os, 16, who was fatally injured when a huge "superyacht" surged into a wharf where she was standing, was yesterday remembered as a beautiful and entrancing girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her parents, Darwin author Joanne van Os and her husband, barrister Lex Silvester, had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off Ali's life support system at 6pm last night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family friend Terri Robson yesterday said the family were "very upset" but they wanted to thank friends in the Territory for their support over the past week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said Ali was an "amazing young woman".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ali's just one of those people that's just so engaging," she said. "People were entranced by her."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The incident happened at Yacht Haven marina on the north of Phuket Island.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ali had been with her parents on a friend's boat when the yacht sailed in and she rushed over to have a closer look as it was tied up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is believed the yacht surged forward into the wharf and Ali was hit in the head by a 10cm wide mooring rope known as a hawser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thai authorities are investigating the incident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ali was rushed to Bangkok Hospital in Phuket where her family said she received "world-class" care, but she had lost a lot of blood and tests showed her brain was not functioning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another friend said that Ali and her family had received "excellent" treatment from the hospital, officials and authorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms Robson said many family members had rushed to Thailand to hold a vigil by Ali's bedside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Jo said that she's comfortable," she said. "She's not feeling any pain - the pain is obviously with her family and friends."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms van Os is a well-known author, famous for her children's book Brumby Plains and her memoir Outback Heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr Silvester is a prominent barrister in Darwin and is well known for his love of fishing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-5564327237776930602?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-02-27T14:51:02.817+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>My Stimulus Package</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/02/my-stimulus-package.html</link><category>Marina life</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:09:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-2069375255072262356</guid><description>My god which one would you like to take today, give me a break people can actually still afford this lifestyle, the money is still out there, don't you just love to hate it? anyway got a brochure whilst I was in phuket nice marketing;     The dramatic limestone formations of Phang Nga Bay lie shimmering in the near distance. Launch your yacht from its berth and in moments you are sailing the calm waters off the sheltered east coast of Phuket.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SaZtRXZtngI/AAAAAAAABQ4/JQqI5rG1oZM/s1600-h/main_homepage02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SaZtRXZtngI/AAAAAAAABQ4/JQqI5rG1oZM/s320/main_homepage02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307049356009774594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div id="introDiv"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;The waters are like liquid jewels, and take on every shade of turquoise, aqua, emerald, and azure imaginable. The sands, everything from powder white to tawny gold. Dozens of dazzling islands and still more beaches. A varied inland terrain of hills and mountains carpeted with lush jungle. The vibrancy of a cosmopolitan town, and the seclusion of your own private oases. Everything in Phuket has its complementary opposite: excitement/relaxation, sophistication/rural charm, the buzz of winding up/the relief of slowing down.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;Merge the best of all these elements and you have Royal Phuket Marina a unique, luxury lifestyle development at one of the worlds most naturally inspiring destinations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway the shops are great and you have the night-life just up the road, but I live about 3 hours away so as for me I got in my row boat and headed back home compass locked on a cold beer and some dry land as I had my stimulus package for the day, but I promised myself I would be back for the boat show in December and get to have a real look around the Luxury launches, yachts and motor yachts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-2069375255072262356?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-02-26T18:00:08.985+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/SaZtRXZtngI/AAAAAAAABQ4/JQqI5rG1oZM/s72-c/main_homepage02.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Corporate Sailing</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/02/corporate-sailing.html</link><category>Pattaya sail training</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:03:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-7097172403019592404</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 'One of the most critical skills in any organisation is the need to succeed," Gary Baguley is the director of Blue Wave Yachting, " which is a Sailing club whose main role is to bring out the spirit in the team-building club in Pattaya, Thailand.  &lt;p&gt;Gary went on to say "We often get companies from Hong Kong and Singapore who are in Bangkok or Pattaya for business conferences, and they are looking for a way to bond or reward their staff with a special leisure activity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"Sailing programmes help participants learn about themselves in a team environment, and discover each other's strengths and talents. It's an activity that develops self-confidence and responsibility, the ability to understand and accept others whatever their social or cultural background and a willingness to rely on the team work of your fellow crew members.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"One of our most popular is a one-day programme for staff and management who can be organised into teams of five in our smaller 25-foot yachts. During the morning sessions, team members try the various crew positions and develop the best combination utilising each person's individual strengths. And in the afternoon there are a series of short races where teams with an onboard coach have the chance to test their skills.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"Then we have an executive programme designed for small groups of six. They sail for two days aboard a 52-foot yacht. They become crew mates, living aboard for the two days. The lessons learned can be immediately applied on their return to work."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well I certainly know first hand about team work after service in the military and the united nations field service, and it is a well known fact that any sort of activity along these lines will leave a lasting impression at the management level and of course the boardroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-7097172403019592404?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-02-21T07:46:21.819+07:00</atom:updated><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Having a Rough Day</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/02/having-rough-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:15:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-314365940568190657</guid><description>&lt;a title="View Mala_mar on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12447353/Malamar" style="margin: 12px auto 6px; 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We cooked, stood watch and learnt what it was like to haul canvass to the point your finger tips were like sea barnacles. We hit a force 8 gale coming back across the channel and believe me the training we had gone through most certainly paid off as it was all hands on deck, I will always remember my time on the old girl and those good friends I made the ultimate sea experience, you left the ship with your head high and with great respect to those old salts that ploughed the oceans trade r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;outes, know I understand why the Tot of Navy rum once a day was well deserved. Avast me hearties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;The Sir Winston Churchill is a 3-masted schooner, designed in classic topsail style and created to respond to the challenge of entering a British-built competition in the Tall Ships race. From the launch in 1996 until 2000, the ship was used for sailing training, carrying up to 46 trainees and instr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;uctors, and won numerous racing prizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt; She has been en&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;tirly refitted and converted for luxury cruising, strictly retaining her original beautiful lines and seaworthy nature, and now accommodates up to 12 guests in 6 luxurious staterooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;History&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;The Sr Winston Churchill, a Camper &amp;amp; Nicholsons design with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;gracious timeless lines, was built between 1964-66 by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd. She was originally built to respond to the challenge of competing in a Tall Ships race, at a time where no other English vessel existed to enter the race. Under the patronage of the Duke of Edinburgh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt; and with funds of public support, The Sir Winston Churchill &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz6F7gdSPI/AAAAAAAABBo/fxc9MDyq-Kc/s1600-h/churchill1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz6F7gdSPI/AAAAAAAABBo/fxc9MDyq-Kc/s400/churchill1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277367843151497458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;was launched in 1996 and initially used for sail training. Under the management of the Sail Training Association, she participated and won many racing awards. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;Now, entirely refitted in 2000, the Sir Winston Churchill makes her presence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_g07-iWI/AAAAAAAABCA/qHAtV3iuLRc/s1600-h/11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_g07-iWI/AAAAAAAABCA/qHAtV3iuLRc/s200/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277373802802481506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif;"&gt;the yacht charter market and ensures a genuine unforgettable sailing experience. So this is what the old girl is like now fully fitted and up for sale, he res a look at what you get for your money Happy sailing if you invest, and there is always a old sailor in dry dock that would love to come along as crew, maybe I could polish the Brass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_EyFWSKI/AAAAAAAABBw/meoccqbccmE/s1600-h/07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_EyFWSKI/AAAAAAAABBw/meoccqbccmE/s200/07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277373321000143010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" align="justify"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_Q2NLqZI/AAAAAAAABB4/jVQ7cPY9-xg/s1600-h/08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/STz_Q2NLqZI/AAAAAAAABB4/jVQ7cPY9-xg/s200/08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277373528265173394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ST0AfTKPGRI/AAAAAAAABCI/spCHCKqFVZs/s1600-h/09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ST0AfTKPGRI/AAAAAAAABCI/spCHCKqFVZs/s320/09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277374876067240210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh I forgot to mention the price tag is &lt;span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;£2,700,000&lt;br /&gt;VAT PAID&lt;br /&gt;  All serious offers considered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dream on??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7156343404589265332-8800930413778309126?l=www.ornsite.org' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-12-08T21:18:21.368+07:00</atom:updated><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8XX0gChcTMs/ST0AqZoy_PI/AAAAAAAABCQ/8h72rq1noXI/s72-c/image21.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Link Exchange</title><link>http://www.ornsite.org/2009/02/link-exchange.html</link><category>advertising</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Bosun)</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:52:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156343404589265332.post-8400119563770058590</guid><description>Advertising tip. 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