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Tricycle cover

Monks in Sukhothai, Thailand: Tricycle magazine.

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Clipper Ship

Every winter the Star Flyer clipper ship sails the clear waters of Andaman Sea on one week trips out of Phuket, Thailand. The seldom visited Surin and Similan Islands, the Malaysian coastal towns and Singapore are all entralling port calls. But it is the ship itself, 360 feet long, four-masted, built in the classical style of the clipper ships which plied the Pacific in the nineteenth century, which is the main attraction. The European captains love to move under full sail whenever possible.

Seeking a distinctive vantage point to show the ship set in the sea, I was hoisted in the bosun's chair to the top of the mainmast, where carefully I could compose a shot looking straight down, with the crisp sea offset transversly by the open deck, liferafts and other masts. A vertical alternative gives a bit of a different feel.

You can read more in the story By the Waters of Andaman.

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By the Waters of Andaman

The huge white squaresails billow with wind from a clear and cloudless sky. Lanyards hale and strain against the sturdy steel of the four masts as we speed forward across the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea. The wooden deck rolls gently with the waves and the breeze fills our spirits too. It is the morning after leaving Phuket on the clipper ship SPV Star Flyer and we are finally under sail.

 

Palm-strewn islands lie low on the horizon, silhouetted against the sky. These are Ko Surin - green gems fringed with white sand beaches, set in crystalline water off the western shores of Thailand. The sky is pristine blue and the salt spray fresh on our faces

By the Waters of Andaman continued....

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