Sailing in Southeast Asia full episode
July 14, 2022 · 53 min · 106 views
What this video covers
Sailing in Southeast Asia is covered in a wide-ranging discussion between two experienced sailors, Arnaud and the host, comparing the region to the Mediterranean and Caribbean across several practical dimensions. The roughly 2,500-nautical-mile coastal route from Rangoon, Burma, to Bali, Indonesia, allows day-sailing between stops with no offshore passages required.▶ 2:19 The region sits outside cyclone belts, piracy has been eliminated, and Buddhist cultural norms make theft rare — boats left in marinas for four to five months face no security concerns.▶ 6:30 Customs clearance requires a full check-in and check-out at each country border; skipping a Malaysian check-out, as one sailor named Thomas discovered, means motoring 120 nautical miles back to complete it.▶ 12:34 Langkawi, Malaysia's duty-free island, is flagged as a key provisioning stop.▶ 13:30 Phuket hosts five marinas with 3,000 berths; Bali has two small marinas handling roughly 15 boats.▶ 26:41 Charter operators in Thailand are advised to hire local skippers for language and local knowledge.▶ 22:49 Burma now sells shared navigation licences, opening the Mergui Archipelago to cruising.▶ 40:28 Vietnam and Laos remain largely closed to pleasure craft.▶ 38:15 The Indonesian rupiah's large denominations confuse European visitors but costs are low.▶ 32:10 Patience is described as the single most important cultural rule for the region.▶ 51:31
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