Who’s REALLY Coming to Thailand With Me?
February 12, 2026 · 34 min · 70K views
What this video covers
Bobby, host of Sailing Doodles, booked premium economy flights on Cathay Pacific to Bangkok for $1,000 per person, departing the 24th, with a layover in Hong Kong.0:52 His two dogs travel separately through Frankfurt, where an eight-hour layover includes a dog hotel for walking and feeding, arriving in Bangkok a few hours after Bobby and Chloe.2:12 The new boat, Maverick 2, is expected in the water by end of February or early March, with a shakedown cruise before a roughly 200-mile overnight passage from Pattaya to Koh Samui.8:47 Bobby outlines three sailing regions in Thailand: the Koh Chang Archipelago, best from July through January; the Koh Samui, Koh Tao, and Koh Phangan area, best February through May; and the Phuket region to the north.8:20 A new couple — contract not yet signed — will join as crew for four months starting around March, sailing aboard Maverick 2 while developing their own spin-off channel under the Sailing Doodles network.3:09 A Thailand flotilla is tentatively planned for November in the Koh Chang area, with dates to be confirmed by June.6:31 Bobby also addresses putting a catamaran into charter, discussing cabin trade-offs, charter brokerage splits, and hull growth rates relative to water temperature and bottom paint type.20:01
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