A journal about boat buying and cruising in Singapore and the SE Asia Region

Monday, September 04, 2006

Sofa TV


This is not about Sofa becoming a couch potato but rather a TV star. Last weekend we had Singapore's Channel 8 onboard to film a reality show. Unfortunately for me it was filmed in Mandarin so I know very little about what was going on but it was all good fun anyway. Patricia Mok was the star of the show and she was a great laugh and understood enough about sailing that she expected us to drink beer in between takes - star quality indeed!!

After that fun day we went down to Marina Bay to join up with the Waterfest where Gordon and Lizzie Maxted were celebrating the arrival of their new purchase - a Grand Banks 53 and what a small ship she is. There are so many decks and berths she certainly is a small ship not a boat and we're sure that they'll have a wonderful life loving her the way they have loved all of their boats (and windsurfer in Lizzie's case).

We'll be posting pictures of the RSYC regatta as soon as we get them. The regatta was really good fun and we were lucky enough to win against what appears to be our new friendly rival Frangipani Girl who is beautiful Swan 53 based at Raffles Marina.