Start Line

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Foxy Lady

Here we come reaching in while Foxy Lady points up. I had room to stay above them, but a few seconds after this shot the J-24 on his bow (not visable but you can see their wake) tacked to port and we had nowhere to go. I dodged down to miss the J-24 getting quite close to Foxy Lady and Bill took offence to that and hoisted a protest flag. Later, after he won the race, he decided he didn't need to spend Sunday afternoon in the protest room so he didn't file. Too bad, it would have been an interesting discussion.

Variety

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There are boats of all sizes and types in our small fleet sailing out of Raffles Marina. Here the Singapore Managment University J 24 jibes across the bow of Swan 53 Frangi Pangi Girl and one of the sport boats crosses astern.

Baby Shower on the Dock

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The crew of Wings takes a few minutes to shower Tessa and Marco with gifts for the baby soon to come.

More Crew Shots

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Pierre




Mike


Brendon

Richard

I didn't manage to get a close up of Richard this time, but I will next time.




Bob


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Tobias, Steven,
Pierre, Mike,
Marco, Jennifer & Sam,
Tessa, & Donncha

After a Tough Day-Time For a Beer

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We withdrew from the second race with luff tape problems on the genoa and headed back. Not a great day from the race results standpoint, but good work out and good practice.

I called for the cooler to come on deck with cold drinks for all and Judy handed it up. A tradition on Wings.

Back at the Dock

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Wings' Crew Shots

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Tobias
Steven

Pierre

Mike

Marco
Jennifer & Sam

Tessa

Donncha

Reaching for the Mark

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This was the scene last time we sailed in the Johore Straights. Right here we are reaching at speed, trying to find the mark. All eyes on deck are peeled and Judy is below looking at the chart. Where is this thing?

Racing in Singapore

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Rail Meat

Hey! Where are the girls? On this race we had a definite shortage of women aboard. Other than Judy we were an all-male crew. And Judy took the photo! So no girlz!

Come on back girls, we miss you.

Update from the Boat Yard

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We received this photo along with the message: "Bottom has been painted, ready to re-launch".

We think this is good and we said to go ahead.

Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Singapore

Thailand Art

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Buddha

Our art project turned out just about what how we imagined

Ayutthaya Sitting Buddha

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Ruins of the city of Siam

Ayutthaya

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Ayutthaya
Covering several square miles on a island in the Chao Phraya River, formed after the King had a channel cut across a bend in the river, Ayutthaya was an impressive sight to Europeans 350 years ago, and remains so today.

Thailand Temple Skyline

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Temples

Everywhere in Thailand the temples lend their characteristic shapes to the skyline.

Siam

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Siam

Ayutthaya

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Ayutthaya Temple Images

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Ayutthaya Town Today

Frangi Pangi Blooms after Spring Rain in Bangkok

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The Frangi Pangi blossoms smell wonderfully in the clean cool air after a Bangkok spring shower. Of course "cool" is relative, it is still warm and humid in Bangkok, but today's 90deg and 75% relative humitity is feels a lot better than the 99deg and up to 85% humidity we've had a few times in the last week.

I went to the roof top this afternoon where our work-out gym is and these flowers were dancing in the wind and shaking off the raindrops. After my work out I went back down to get my Nikon for these shots,

Wings in Raffles Boat Yard, Singapore

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Workers in Raffles Boat Yard

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Sanding

There is something about the sound of air-powered tools in a boat yard that I love. I always like hanging out where I hear this sound. I must be strange, but I love it.

The workers at Marina Yacht Services in the boat yard at Raffles Marina in Singapore seem a good as any we've had anywhere, and their tools sound and work the same as all other boat yards in the world.

Here the guys are doing a light sanding job on the bottom, along with fairing some blisters and installing new through hull fittings.

New Paint

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Wings'Deck

This deck takes a beating; it gets scratched, chipped,dinged and dirty and both cruising and racing are hard on it. Every two years we need to repaint it.

Usually we do this ourselves. It takes two people three days to do it: One day to mask, one day to paint two coats, one day to remove the masking. We've done this about 10 times in the past, and once a few years back we had all the hardware removed and the deck sanded down to bare glass. Otherwise it is just a repaint after a light sanding right over the old paint.

This time we had the boat yard do it and I have to admit they did a nice job.

They also used some proper marine deck paint so we'll see if it lasts longer.

Yanmar Going Back In

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Engine

We had the engine out for some exterior servicing and here it is just getting reinstalled.

After 15 years our Yanmar three cylinder still ran great (and it has had recent servicing) but there was rust and dirt on its exterior, many of the engine bolts were frozen, and the motor mounts were shot. On top of it all, we needed a new oil seal on the transmission. The Yanmar manual said we needed to take off the tranny to fix that seal, and with a few stuck bolts in some tough places this was going to be really hard. So we had the whole engine taken out.

They did all the work we asked, replaced the leaking seal, removed and replaced and greased all the frozen bolts, put new mounts in plus they repainted the engine, but it turned out the seal could have been fixed without taking out the engine; it comes off from the back!

Oh well, the rest of the work was needed anyhow.

Light Moment

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A light moment on Wings. Wé're relaxing and waiting for the wind to fill in a direction which would work for the spinnaker.

Map of Wings' Voyages, Updated 2007

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Great Irish Beer

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Kilkenny and Guinness

Two pints of great Irish beer poured fresh from the keg: now this is the way to start Saint Paddy's day in Bangkok... or anywhere

Tacking the #3

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Getting a crew up to speed is a lot of hard work and practice, sometimes the rewards seem few and far between, but I think this bunch has some potential, and if we think we're having fun now, wait until we start winning.

Girl on a Ferry

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Bangkok

Erawan

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Near Samut Prakhan, on the river south of Bangkok, is the park and museum of Erawan, where lives the giant elephant.

Statue

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Inside the Elephant

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In the belly of the elephant it was quiet and dark and it gave us an eerie feeling. We waited here until everyone else left, then we walked down slowly, and enjoyed the place.

Draw This!

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I knew this huge elephant was nearby, but how to tell the cab driver?

I drew a picture of it for a coffee shop owner and he recognized it instantly and wrote the name of the place on a paper for me to show the cabbie.