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All JDPs 12.5m or more are designed according to Europeen standards for circumnavigation.

The 12.5m and 14.5m JDPs are registered in 1st Category (Current equivalent:
Category A (CE) in France).

The 16.5m JDP is registered
in the NUC Category:
Ship for Commercial Use, Maritime Affairs


We thank Paul et Dominique Mariottini who have allowed
us to reproduce these images and extracts of their voyage on board Suwan Macha, and we invite you to travel with them

Paul et Dominique Mariottini
Paul & Dominique

Suwan Macha 16,5M JDP

If you wish to cruise the region on board Suwan Macha, please contact Asia Marine directly.

Paul and Dominique's voyage on board Suwan Macha

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  • Suwan Macha, Phi Phi Islands
  • Suwan Macha
  • Phi Phi Islands
  • Phang Nga Bay
  • Phang Nga Bay
  • James Bond Island
  • Koh Pannyi
  • Suwan Macha, foresail
  • Stern
  • Suwan Macha, Cruise to Krabi
  • From Phang Nga to Krabi
  • Anchorage for the night
  • Sea Wanderers
  • Shores on the Sea of Andaman
  • Suwan Macha, Thailand
  • Main mast
  • Offerings
  • Deck
  • Dining room
  • Aft view
 

The southern region of Thailand, with its tropical islands (Koh in thai), its beaches with palm trees, and the voluptuousness of its warm seas, invite to idleness. Leaving from Phuket island, referred to as the rare perl of the Andaman sea, setting off on board a traditional timber sea junk with its rust coloured sails, its ample teak deck, but agile and light, is the only way to reach these small islands studded with coral, deserted beaches and solitary creeks.

Suwan Macha is a traditional sea junk (sail or motor), which takes you for a costal discovery of secret beaches with all the charm of this ancient form of navigation... As in an Indo-Chinese chromolithography, the junk conceived for leisure cruises, glides on a translucent sea as you lie on a teak deck.