Yacht Style checks out leading lights from the Thailand Charter Week, which showcased over 20 yachts from 48-135ft based in Southeast Asia.
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Australian Bill O?Leary was one of the pioneers of Thailand?s yachting industry along with Englishman Andy Dowden and Frenchman Vincent Tabuteau, each of them arriving on the island in the 1980s and developing charter in the region.
Yachts at the first Thailand Charter Week in Phuket; Photos: Aaron Ross & As Credited
O?Leary and Dowden remain co-authors of the Southeast Asia Pilot cruising guide and the sixth edition was available at the first Thailand Charter Week in Phuket Yacht Haven, where the Aussie revealed he?d heard particular interest in this region when visiting the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show late last year. ?Thailand and Indonesia, in that order, are the countries that most people are interested in. This area is so magnificent and amazing that I really do think that it?s going to be the next big cruising destination of the world,? O?Leary said.
?When I got here over 30 years ago, I thought this is going to be populated by superyachts and other yachts within a couple of years. It?s three decades later and it?s only now really getting some traction and starting to take off.?
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