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Bobby, recently discharged after a week in hospital and visibly thinner, completes a shakedown weekend cruise aboard the Island SPIRIT 525 catamaran near Pattaya, Thailand, ahead of departing full time.▶ 0:00 The route covers two anchorages: Koh Larn overnight, then Koh Man Wee Chai for a beach cleanup organized by the Ocean Marina Jomtien harbour master, and finally Koh Krom for an overnight stop.▶ 0:04 Crew member Elisa suffers seasickness even at anchor throughout the trip.▶ 0:41 At Koh Man Wee Chai, a wave swamps the Highfield dinghy and destroys a $700 360-degree camera.▶ 4:44 The beach cleanup, an annual event run by Ocean Marina Yacht Club, removes roughly a metric ton of plastic from the island.▶ 5:33 Koh Krom, charted as a no-overnight anchorage, holds fine in practice; a shallow reef extending well offshore requires anchoring at distance, but the area offers good snorkeling over coral heads.▶ 9:56 The Highfield dinghy, fitted with a planing fin and a 40-horsepower Yamaha, runs at 20 knots.▶ 11:14 Bobby notes that eating in Thailand aided weight loss before the hospitalization reversed the gains.▶ 1:30

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