Loading Curious in Phuket

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Steve & Trish Brown
Wed 16 May 2012 21:50
Having decided to ship Curious through pirate alley
and all preparations had
been made, we sailed her into Yacht Haven marina
and awaited the arrival of
BBC Polonia
We were able to track the ship's progress
and watched as she slowly made
her way to Thailand
We were all very pleased to see her
arrive
![]() Our friends on Wasabli was due to be loaded second
and Curious was to be
loaded fourth, unfortunately it took a while to load the first
boat and as we were
booked onto a flight
home, Brian and Isabelle of Wasabi kindly allowed us to
be loaded before them
This photo was taken by Bernie of First Light who
was due to be loaded after us ![]() Chris the diver had the difficult job of free
diving under Curious and making
sure the lifting
straps were put into place, there was a 6 knot current running
which made his job very difficult
![]() We stayed on Curious until she was high enough for
us to climb off
![]() She was then, very carefully, lifted onto BBC
Polonia
![]() We nervously watched as she was brought
onboard
![]() Which seemed to take a long time
![]() She was lifted high enought to be able to swing her
across the deck
![]() and be put gently into place
![]() Once in position the crew set about securing her
into place
![]() Preparing to leave Curious for her voyage
without us
![]() It was strange to think that this deck would
soon be full of yachts
![]() They certainly pack them in very close to each
other
![]() The captain and crew of BBC Polonia were friendly
and efficient which made
loading Curious easier than we thought
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