This morning we were both awake relatively early to enjoy breakfast in the cockpit before weighing anchor at around 0830. Once we were out of the wind shadow of Koh Nahka Yai, we unfurled our new 150% Genoa, specifically designed and made for us in Langkawi, Malaysia, and we were delighted to see that it performed as we’d hoped; in a light breeze of 12-15 Kts, we enjoyed 5.8 - 6.2 Kts of SOG (Speed Over Ground), without needing an engine on at a low RPM and without the mainsail. It was perfect!

Of course, this meant we enjoyed a wonderful downwind sail across Phang Nga Bay to our chosen anchorage for the next few days on the northeastern coast of Ko Yao Noi and passed the Ao Phang Nga National Park en route, with its stunning monoliths.

Rounding the north end of Ko Yao Noi, the scenery was just as stunning and we were pleasantly surprised at the setting of the anchorage; with a monolithic cliff-face to the north, the bay has a white sandy beach fronting the Paradise Ko Yao Resort, were a bungalow would ordinarily cost around $350USD per night and a treehouse villa $400USD, but due to the pandemic, one can now get a room for $100USD per night.

It was lunchtime by the time we were anchored. So, lunch in the cockpit was followed by an afternoon nap before we eventually got to swim for the first time in more than a year, but swimming in clean, clear water again was simply fabulous!