Yesterday, we moved a custom-built 45-foot catamaran from the old, very cramped yard at Pattaya to our larger yard in Jomtien. The cat is almost completed but for various reasons, it can't be delivered to the customer so it has become something of an obstruction to new projects.
It's always an adventure towing a large vessel through the streets of Pattaya. None of our yards are close to the shore so every boat we build has to be trailered – very slowly – to the sea for launching. It always turns into a spectacle, a kind of street theatre in which traffic is backed up for miles (once, almost halfway to Bangkok!), locals come out of their homes and shops to watch and offer advice, and policemen gather to create their own inimitable performance art, usually a loosely choreographed ballet of gestures intended to direct traffic (which only makes the traffic worse!)
In a couple of months, my crew will have to do this again with the large TS60 motor yacht. I expect, then, traffic will be backed up into the middle of Bangkok itself.
It's always an adventure towing a large vessel through the streets of Pattaya. None of our yards are close to the shore so every boat we build has to be trailered – very slowly – to the sea for launching. It always turns into a spectacle, a kind of street theatre in which traffic is backed up for miles (once, almost halfway to Bangkok!), locals come out of their homes and shops to watch and offer advice, and policemen gather to create their own inimitable performance art, usually a loosely choreographed ballet of gestures intended to direct traffic (which only makes the traffic worse!)
In a couple of months, my crew will have to do this again with the large TS60 motor yacht. I expect, then, traffic will be backed up into the middle of Bangkok itself.
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