Unintended Singlehanding
December in Phuket was going to be lovely. Then the Thai Officials decided they wanted more money for us to renew our visas. I hadn't planned to singlehand the boat out of Thailand to Malaysia, but with 24 hours notice and Nancy in the US, there wasn't an obvious choice. In an article in 48 North magazine March 2004 issue, I told that story. When I left the marina at the north end of Phuket the sun was just coming up, the tide was slack and the monoliths like in this photo of Tethys (same place, but photo was from Tethys first circumnavigation) beckoned. I couldn't resist. Later that day, I ran aground. Thankfully, on sand and with enough wind to sail off. Next day, the leech of the roller furled jib ripped from head to clue. The third day pirates sailing along the border with Malaysia tried to catch me in their fishing net. And on the fourth day I arrived safely in Langkawi.
Contingency plans had always been important to me, but when singlehanding, they were my salvation. That and good luck and good weather. What experiences have you had singlehanding, intended or not? Post comments in this category of the IWSN blog and watch for this as one of the likely topics of a Sail Away Seminar in the spring. Email me if you want to be on the mailing list for news about the seminar.
Kaci Cronkhite
in Singlehanding: Whether intended or not, Women's Sail Away Seminars
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