Cruising Guide - Testimonials

February 2013 on SY Capricorn gulet 98

Angélique et Esmeralda

We spent à fabulous week on Capricorn, a Turkish bilt ketch of 30 metres. Our trip took us to the islands of Surin via the Similan islands.A very Nice and comfortable way to discover this beautiful islands of the beaten track.
First of all and most importantly as always on a boat a great and imaginative Thai chef, then a very Nice and discret thaï staff. All commanded by a friendly and professional french captain.
It is your choice to be active or rest on this boat, as there are all the usal sea toys and a all day round access to diving with your own charming belgian dive-master.

Cruise on Isabella rose - Princess 65

Carlos Galvao - 27 January 2013

Everything went out very well on our 3 days.Your team is a good e professional team.
I think that it was a good idea to go to Krabi.The other alternative was quite far,and I must confess that after two entire days of yacht,on the third we were quite tired to go so far.
Regarding Koh Samui,We prefer a motor yacht.
Now that I have your data,Whenever a friend of my go to Puket,Or even in a future trip tothe area,I will refer your name to them,or in my case call you.

Regards,

Dorothea Hill

Place of cruising: Yacht Haven (Phuket)

Shipowner: Asia Marine Boat: Hanse 315 (2 cab)

From Monday 31/12/2012 to Monday 07/01/2013 - 7 days

Quality of the boat
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comments Comfortable cabins, very reliable engine, low fuel consumption, lots of reserve water and fuel supplied

comments The foresail furling was broken and could not be used. We had to return to Marina and lost 2 days while waiting for repair. But we received a refund of the charter fee for 2 days. So it was ok in the end.

Quality of the service of the shipowner
Information before your departure
Reception at the base
comments : Nice briefing material with good pictures and explanations.

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Quality of "accès client" on www.asia-marine.net
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General satisfaction
Do you plan to sail again with us?

Quality of the service of the shipowner
Information before your departure
Reception at the base
comments : Nice briefing material with good pictures and explanations.

Quality of the service of the agency
Quality of our advised
Quality of the documents sent
Quality of "accès client" on www.asia-marine.net
Quality of paiement service
Report/ratio price quality
General satisfaction
Do you plan to sail again with us?

Comment from Client: Perrier Gerard

Place of cruising: Yacht Haven (Phuket) Boat: Cyclades 39.3 (3 cab)

from Wednesday 27/07/2011 to Saturday 06/08/2011 - 10 days
A very nice cruise on a a good boat. Very professional job from Asia-Marine

Client: ANDRIEU A téléphoné

L'accueil à la base, le voilier, parfait. Petite frustration côté itinéraire de ne pas être allé; jusqu'aux îles Similan. Un grand merci à vous et à votre équipe. est-ce vrai que vous avez un Corsair 28 ? voilier fantastique. A bientôt Beatrice Conseiller WORLD OCEANS

Hi Mo and Vincent,

Christine - March 2010

Just a quick message to tell you that we enjoyed a lot the 3 days we spent on Tony's boat. He brought us to nice places meeting our expectations (white sand beaches, a typical Thai village and not crowded places to rest). On top of that Onyx boat is comfortable and offers spaces for every need. Bok, Tony’s wife, is a wonderful cook and we appreciated a lot every meal she prepared.

Thanks a lot,

Dear Chelsea,

Christopher

We had a great time partly because of the yacht itself but also, and in equal measure, because of John and his team. The whole crew were particularly pleasant and ever attentive. They also went to great lengths to plan things to optimize our trip. At the same time they were flexible and proactive in suggesting changes when these seemed advisable.
As for the yacht itself it is very clean and comfortable. It also has charm, that particular ingredient which is hard to describe but very much a differentiating factor.
There were two points which could do with being improved: the need for a larger shaded area on the rear deck and more efficient air con in the two large bedrooms. John was already aware of these points and is taking action on them.
A further point which is made in anticipation. Because the yacht is made of old timber and operates in a hot humid climate it will need to be very carefully maintained if it is to appeal to the top end of the market which it is, quite rightly targeting. This is not to suggest that it looks tired today, merely that this is something to watch.

Thank you for everything you did in arranging the charter,

Best regards, Christopher

Athena 38

Fuchs 14.11.2009 - 21.11.2009

At the base: Friendliness - perfect Competence - good Surrounding - perfect Check-in/check-out - perfect
The yacht: Tech. condition of the Yacht - good Equipment - good Appearance - perfect Cleanliness of the yacht - perfect
The sailing area offers a lot of variety- The sailing area has nice pubs and restaurants
The sailing area has friendly people- The sailing area have enough nice anchorages
The sailing area has nice swimming and snorkeling spots

THAILAND & BEYOND BY BOAT

ROBERT DAVIS

Bangkok Post Horizons Thursday January 03, 2008
Rosy future for yachties' favourite port; Phuket welcomes increasing numbers of boat lovers

Dear Khun Mo,

18 Aug 2009

Thank you so much to you and Vincent for your help ! Everything was so perfect !
All my best, Isabelle

From: Harvey | tomyumcruises

Date: 5 August 2009

Dear Khun Ton,
Thank you so much for your excellent service.Your men finished my engine today and I think they did a very good job. I have been very impressed by your integrity and proffessionalism and I will be recommending your company whenever I can.
My best regards, Harvey.

Lavezzi 40 Bareboat

Clive van Onselen (Singapore)  2-9/07/2009

We had a great time (of course!) and was really very impressed with how smooth all the arrangements were.
Asia Marine were very professional and very helpful and I will gladly charter with them again.
The boat was great and I would love to take her out again.
Thanks a lot,
Cheers, Clive.

Nous voici de retour de Thaïlande...

La "révolution" (en fait, une simple manifestation d'un groupuscule autour du palais gouvernemental) ne nous a absolument pas dérangés. Pour tout dire, nous n'avons appris cette manifestation que par les SMS affolés des familles et amis restés en France!

Nous avons eu un accueil agréable de la part de Asia Marine. Le bateau était en très bon état et nous n'avons pas eu de problèmes à part un manque de vent et une chaleur tropicale (40° à l'ombre, eau à 35° !!!). La marina est correcte avec sanitaires et un restaurant, mais elle est un peu éloignée (pas de commerces à proximité), ce qui ne nous a pas géné outre mesure!

Je tiens à vous remercier pour votre disponibilité et votre efficacité.
Bien cordialement,
Jean-Luc JOUD.

Raew Raew Lagoon 47 with crew

Mr Andy K. 31.01.09 Capt Kee and the Chef treated us like royalties. Service was excellent and the food was awesome.

Lavezzi 40 Bareboat

Herve G. (France) 28.01.09

Great service and cruise as usual

Athena 38 Bareboat

Mr Thomas H. (>Austria) 09.01.09

Everything perfect

Athena 38 crewed charter

Mr and Mrs A. (Anderson) 08.01.09

We thank you for a great trip on board the Athena 38

Hanse 315 bareboat

Mr and Mrs H. (Czech) 03.01.09

Thanks, a lot of :)

Lavezzi 40 with crew

Jens J. (Singapore)26.10.09

The food was great! Great service, very friendly and helpful crew

Lagoon 47 with Skipper

Mr and Mrs T.( France) 02.01.09

Notre séjour a été une réussite, en grande partie grâce à notre skipper, qui nous a permis de découvrir les richesses de ce pays ( autant marines que terrestres) et ceci avec un sourire omniprésent et un professionnalisme impressionnant!

Lagoon 47 bareboat with engineer

Mr R.(Germany) 23.11.08

We had the prefect boat with a very good technician on board. Everything was excellent

Hanse 400 bareboat with skipper

Sarah H (UK) 23.08.08

Our skipper was fantastic, very helpful, friendly, and informative. We'll recommend Captain Ae and Asia Marine to our friends. It was an amazing 30th birthday trip that we will never forget.

Hanuman

22 Sep 2007 || Val & Alex Lawson

Hanse 315

20-27 Jan 2007

Dear Caroline, dear Mo, dear Michel,
We safely returned to Shanghai and still remember the great time we have had on the Hanse 315 last week. What a great experience and vacation!
Dear Caroline: Thank you very much for arranging all this for us after our initial contact in Shanghai. I guess we will meet again in a couple of months at the China International Boat Show in Shanghai. I will also try to arrange to have put a link to your company on the SBYC website.

Dear Michel: Thank you - among many things - for your great support in the skipper briefing and during the two telephone calls I gave to you.
We certainly enjoyed all your support and advice and it is magnificent to see how much you put into this job. We could see that you are an experienced skipper! Sorry, for bothering you on our first night where you had to leave the party early as some people have locked the boat and we needed your help.
Thank you for the great advice to go to "Mama and Papa" for dinner on the last evening.

Dear Mo: Thank you for your great support in organising this trip. It was really generous from your side that we could already sleep on the boat starting on Friday night when we arrived.
Take care,
Lars
PS: Maybe next time we will go with a catamaran ...

Lady Anita

29 Dec to 01Jan 2007

Caroline.
We all had a great time. The crew on the boat are very professional, the itinerary worked out well, the activities were great especially for the kids and the food and massages were enjoyed by all.
Thank You
Best Regards,
Paul and Jane

Althea

29 Dec to 2 Jan 2007

Hi Caroline,
I finally spoke to Louise yesterday. After the yacht trip she traveled on to Viet Nam and Cambodia and just got home. She had absolutely nothing negative to say at all.? She loved the crew!? Loved the food! The boat was immaculate. She also said that the captain made everything happen that they wanted (which I would think was no small task). She also complemented your professionalism and assurance that first day when she was told all the things she could not do. Everyone did a fabulous job and thank you again!
Susan

Althea

Day Trip 14 November 2006

Thanks a lot to the captain and cook.

Althea

4-8 November 2006

Wonderful trip. Service and food excellent.

Hanuman

Markus Albert Hammerle

28-31 October 2006
The crew was very nice and friendly. The food was excellent! Very flexible skipper.
Thank you very much!

Raew Raew

22 - 25 October 2006

Boat is old, but in a good condition. Equipment is excellent. Engineer was very helpful and friendly.
Overall we enjoyed the trip very much. Adi Imairovic

Kinara || Bareboat with skipper

19 - 22 October 2006

We were very happy with our skipper. He showed us very beautiful spots and make sure we were comfortable at all times - super friendly too.

John Griffit || Kinara

26 July - 1 August

Very good service indeed, preparation was excellent, best of any previous yacht hire.
I recommended checking yacht rigging, most halyard/stay are very loose when sailing, having a lot of movement. Thank you very much to your staff.

Hello Thon,

It is Sunday morning and we’ve just arrived in Koh Samui without any serious problem...
Everything went just fine and we got here after exactly 16 days from Chalong Bay.
We stopped two days in Langkawi, two more days in Penang and two days again in Singapore so we've spent 10 days at sea.
Thank you again for your professionalism and the great attention you gave to Kaïsso Kaïa to get such a result even though I am not always an easy customer -)
Frank Walter
General Manager
Easy Charters Co. Ltd

Dear Vincent, Dear Bettina

The feedback has been wonderful. My colleague is smiling all day long.
Thx to everyone involved in the organization of this trip.
I look forward to a fruitful mutual partnership.
Best regards,
Petra Schwert
Royal Brunei Airlines
District Sales Manager
Central Germany

Lagoon 47

3-6 April 2006

Kee and Biak were wonderful for our tour. We highly recommended them to others.
Andrew || China

Hello Olivier,

I am still back in my office and read first of all your sincerely emails!
The pictures are great, especial that from Piek!
I don't know, how I can say thank you for all this, what you and all others have shown us from your wonderful Thailand! Kindliness, culture, nature and of course your sailing area!
Our sailing trip on Monday was great! The change between sun and rain was very interested and during the storm, when I saw your face, I believe you enjoy it also a little bit!
I send you pictures as soon as possible and till then I only can say thank you for all!
Thankfully and all best wishes to Caroline and all other from Asia Marine
Sieglinde
DMC-Reisen Mühlbauer
D-86316 Friedberg

Bonjour Olivier et Caroline

C'est avec beaucoup de plaisir que je vous ai retrouvé en Thailande je vous remercie pour votre accueil et pour l'organisation impeccable.
La région est beaucoup plus adapté au charter que je ne le croyais.J'espère pouvoir motiver des clients d'essayer Phuket comme destination prochaine.
A bientôt
Nadia Hendrickx
Dynamer Boat Charter & Travel Agency
Bruxelles, Belgium

Hello Dear All

I would like to say thank you very much again for your invitation. I have enjoyed the trip and I hope we all will meet again.
Very best regards
Christa
WINDROSE YACHTCHARTER GMBH
D-25462 RELLINGEN
GERMANY

Stuttgart, 01.06.06
Dear Vincent,

Thank you again very much for having the opportunity fo visit Thailand with this great fam trip. I took lots of good impressions with me and it was a great time I spent last week with you and your staff in the beautiful Phang Nga Bay and in Bangkok.
As soon as I have my pictures back I will send you some per mail.
Today I got a request for Phuket, so can you please give me your offer for Marion
KH+P yachtcharter.
70197 Stuttgart - Germany

Dear Vincent, Caroline, Olivier:

Thank you very much for your invitation to Thailand !!!
It was a very nice trip, to get a knowledge of the people, country and cruising area.
It was also great to meet my partners personally !
I will do my best to give my personal impressions to our clients, that they will visit Thailand to collect their own experiences of this beautiful country and sailing area
Best regards
Thomas
Yachtcharter Müller - Linz

Dear Olaf,Dear Bettina

Thank you very much for your email and the wonderful feed back.
It's great to have an opportunity to be a part of this trip, thank you to BI and TAT too...it's always been a pleasure to cooperate with both of you!
Hope to see you around in FRA very soon!
Have a nice day!
Best regards
Piyada Piarad (Ms)
Sales Executive
Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd.
Germany

Dear All,

Best regards from raining Frankfurt.
On behalf of the group I want to say thank you very much to everybody for a wonderful trip and a wonderful time in Thailand.
Thanks Bettina for the organization from the Tourism Authorities of Thailand side, Thanks
Petra, Piada - thanks to Bangkok Airways for the flights (perfect, friendly service on board),
East West, Asia Marine (Olivier, Caroline, Jean-Phillipe, Captain Chai, Soontorn, and special thanks to Piek).
Very best regards
Olaf F. Becker
Royal Brunei Airlines SDN BHD
Germany 30 May 2006

Athena 38

15-18 March 2006

Excellent short notice charter!
Best charter experience I've ever  had. Well done Philippe + TML Team
Cleanness, flowers, fruit + linens were all top notice.
Boat performed without mechanic incident.
Thanks!
Andy

Lagoon 47

20 February - 1 March 2006

Thank you to you and your staff for the wonderful holiday we had recently on the yacht Raew Raew.  Everything ran superbly and our skipper Gee could not have been more accommodating and with his knowledge of the area we were able to do some wonderful snorkelling and visit some great islands.  Our cook, Peer( not sure of the spelling!) served up the most delicious meals. 
None of our party have had  much to do with yachts so it was a new experience for most and it turned out to be a real highlight. All in all we had a great holiday and I could reccommend it to anyone.  Thank you again for being so helpful  
All the best
Mr Hawkesford

Athena 38

14-21 March 2006

Captain Kee was really, really good!
Mr Rand
USA

General organization was really excellent.

18-31 March 2006

The cook was fantastic. However I would suggest to sail a bit more, compared to the use of the engine.
THANKS A LOT FOR THOSE 3 DAYS!!
Forman
All our group would like to thank you for the great 3 days they spent on Raew Raew.
Crew was top, route perfect, weather beautiful
Regards
cecile
Mr Rand
USA

Prowler

22-24 February 2006

Very enjoyed trip. The meals were excellent, a very good cook. Interesting sites with kind explanations because we don't speak English very well.
Thank you for the captain and his helps. Beautiful always.
Bourdeau
France

Athena 38

28 January - 2 February 2006

Very happy with the standard, service, quality of boat equipment.
Provided charter lived up to expectations.
Anderson

Lagoon 47

29 January - 8 February 2006

We have a very goof skipper.
Excellent, kindness, we have seen a lot of beautiful places.
Pani
Belgium
Anderson

Athena 38

8-18 November 2005

To the management and staff:
We had the pleasure to live and sail on HANUMAN from 8 to 18 November. The weather was not always perfect, but perfect and excellent was the boat and the preparation and services of TML around the boat. Thats why we want to say Thank you to everybody of a very good team who was engaged. Thank you Vincent for your time in Bangkok in January, Thank you Arun for your patience before and after our trip, and Thank you to all the others who we did not meet personally.
Best wishes to you all!
Dieter and crew

Dear Mr Tabuteau,

20 August 2005

Just a brief note to express my satisfaction and enjoyment when I recently chartered your vessel Prowler 9000. The booking and handling arrangements were excellent and were handled very well by Mr Arun Sukbunphan.
However, I must draw to your attention the very professional and extremely helpful attitude of your boat Skipper Mr Wiswt Nlongdiao. This man is exceptionally gifted and has such a willing and helpful nature he is a joy to have on board the boat.
As you well know, companies are only as good as their staff, in Mr Nlongdiao, in my opinion, you have an exceptionally gifted and outstanding asset that should be nurtured and encouraged in every way, with staff like that you cannot fail.
I do hope you will take the time to pass on my good wishes to Mr Nlongdiao and to tell him of this letter praising his efforts on our behalf.
Yours truly,
Stuart Moles
Perth, Western Australia

We are back home and I would like to thank you and the whole Thai Marine crew again for all.

7-12 May 2005

We had a wonderful time !!!!!
Best regards
Jochen