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Just out of the Hospital, Should I be Sailing?
July 2, 2026 · 13 min · 181K views · Ko Lan
What this video covers
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.Watch 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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