THE JUNK (June Hong Chian Lee)
a unique liveaboard experience on luxury Chinese Sailing Junk
Similan Islands, Richelieu Rock and Surin Islands
From Oct until May , 5 days 6 nights, departure every Saturday at 18:00 |
| private cabin or twin share |
1,990 U$ per pax |
| 4 person shared cabin |
1,350 U$ per pax |
* single berth (shared cabin 4 people.) / private double cabin price per person.
Price not include entry fee for the National Marine Parks (currently 1800 baht per trip )
2011 - 2012 SCHEDULE
BOAT SCHEDULE |
| Cruise# |
Departure |
Return |
Duration |
Remark/Destination |
#27 |
02 July 11 |
08 July 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#28 |
09 July 11 |
15 July 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#29 |
16 July 11 |
22 July 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#30 |
23 July 11 |
29 July 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#31 |
30 July 11 |
05 Aug 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#32 |
06 Aug 11 |
12 Aug 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#33 |
13 Aug 11 |
19 Aug 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#34 |
20 Aug 11 |
26 Aug 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#35 |
27 Aug 11 |
02 Sept 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
| #36 |
03 Sept 11 |
09 Sept 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#37 |
10 Sept 11 |
16 Sept 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#38 |
17 Sept 11 |
23 Sept 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#39 |
24 Sept 11 |
30 Sept 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#40 |
01 Oct 11 |
07 Oct 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#41 |
08 Oct 11 |
14 Oct 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#42 |
15 Oct 11 |
21 Oct 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#43 |
22 Oct 11 |
28 Oct 11 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#44 |
29 Oct 11 |
04 Nov 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#45 |
05 Nov 11 |
11 Nov 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Nearly full |
#46 |
12 Nov 11 |
18 Nov 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#47 |
19 Nov 11 |
25 Nov 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#48 |
26 Nov 11 |
02 Dec 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#49 |
03 Dec 11 |
09 Dec 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#50 |
10 Dec 11 |
16 Dec 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#51 |
17 Dec 11 |
23 Dec 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#52 |
24 Dec 11 |
30 Dec 11 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Filling up |
#01 |
31 Dec 11 |
06 Jan 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#02 |
07 Jan 12 |
13 Jan 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Nearly full |
#03 |
14 Jan 12 |
20 Jan 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#04 |
21 Jan 12 |
27 Jan 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#05 |
28 Jan 12 |
03 Feb 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#06 |
04 Feb 12 |
10 Feb 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#07 |
11 Feb 12 |
17 Feb 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Chartered |
#08 |
18 Feb 12 |
24 Feb 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#09 |
25 Feb 12 |
02 Mar 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#10 |
03 Mar 12 |
09 Mar 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#11 |
10 Mar 12 |
16 Mar 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#12 |
17 Mar 12 |
23 Mar 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#13 |
24 Mar 12 |
30 Mar 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#14 |
31 Mar 12 |
06 Apr 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#15 |
07 Apr 12 |
13 Apr 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#16 |
14 Apr 12 |
20 Apr 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#17 |
21 Apr 12 |
27 Apr 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
#18 |
28 Apr 12 |
04 May 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#19 |
05 May 12 |
11 May 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#20 |
12 May 12 |
18 May 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#21 |
19 May 12 |
25 May 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#22 |
26 May 12 |
01 June 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#23 |
02 June 12 |
08 June 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#24 |
09 June 12 |
15 June 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#25 |
16 June 12 |
22 June 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#26 |
23 June 12 |
29 June 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#27 |
30 June 12 |
06 July 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#28 |
07 July 12 |
13 July 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#29 |
14 July 12 |
20 July 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#30 |
21 July 12 |
27 July 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#31 |
28 July 12 |
03 Aug 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#32 |
04 Aug 12 |
10 Aug 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#33 |
11 Aug 12 |
17 Aug 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#34 |
18 Aug 12 |
24 Aug 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#35 |
25 Aug 12 |
31 Aug 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
| #36 |
01 Sept 12 |
07 Sept 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#37 |
08 Sept 12 |
14 Sept 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#38 |
15 Sept 12 |
21 Sept 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#39 |
22 Sept 12 |
28 Sept 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#40 |
29 Sept 12 |
05 Oct 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#41 |
06 Oct 12 |
12 Oct 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#42 |
13 Oct 12 |
19 Oct 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#43 |
20 Oct 12 |
26 Oct 12 |
5D/6N |
Southern Islands |
#44 |
27 Oct 12 |
02 Nov 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#45 |
03 Nov 12 |
09 Nov 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#46 |
10 Nov 12 |
16 Nov 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#47 |
17 Nov 12 |
23 Nov 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#48 |
24 Nov 12 |
30 Nov 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#49 |
01 Dec 12 |
07 Dec 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#50 |
08 Dec 12 |
14 Dec 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#51 |
15 Dec 12 |
21 Dec 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu |
#52 |
22 Dec 12 |
28 Dec 12 |
5D/6N |
Similan + Richelieu Confirmed |
Prices include :
- Full Board Meals, Fruits, Snack, Coffee & Tea and soft-drinks
- Air Conditioned double cabin
- Transportation from/to Phuket Town, Patong, Kata, Karon, Phuket airport
- All meals and soft-drinks
- Tank, weights and weight belt, torch for night dive
- Cruise Manager and Dive guide
- Insurance
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Prices exclude :
- Personal Diving equipment (BCD, Regulator, Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Wetsuit, Dive Computer)
- Alcoholic beverage
- National Marine park fee (US$5.00/day + US$5.00 entrance fee)
Equipment Rental:
- Fins 100B
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Mask 100B
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Regulator 250B
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BCD 250B
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Wetsuit 200B
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Full Set 800B
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Equipment Rental : Fins 100B, Mask 100B, Regulator 250B, BCD 250B, Full Set 600B, Wetsuit 200B extra
Itinerary
Similan Islands, Surin Islands and Richelieu Rock. (5 days / 6 nights)
Saturday Departure Kata Beach Junk office
- 18:00 Departure for Similan Islands
- 20:00 Dinner
Day 1 full day diving Similan Islands
- 07:00 Small Breakfast
- 08:00 Dive 1 (possibility to do buoyancy control workshop)
- 09:00 Big Breakfast
- 11:30 Dive 2
- 13:00 Lunch
- 15:00 Dive 3
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:30 Night Dive
Day 2 full day diving Koh Bon/Koh Tachai
- 07:00 Small Breakfast
- 08:00 Dive 1
- 09:00 Big Breakfast
- 11:30 Dive 2
- 13:00 Lunch
- 15:00 Dive 3
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:30 Night Dive
Day 3 full day diving Richelieu Rock/Surin Islands
- 07:00 Small Breakfast
- 08:00 Dive 1
- 09:00 Big Breakfast
- 11:30 Dive 2
- 13:00 Lunch
- 15:00 Dive 3
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:30 Night Dive
Day 4 full day diving Surin Islands
- 07:00 Small Breakfast
- 08:00 Dive 1
- 09:00 Big Breakfast
- 11:30 Dive 2
- 13:00 Lunch
- 15:00 Dive 3
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:30 Night Dive
Day 5 full day diving Similan Islands
- 07:00 Dive1
- 08:00 Big Breakfast
- 10:15 Dive 2
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:30 Dive 3
- 14:30 Sail back
- 18:00 Dinner
- 23:00 Arrival in Patong (Possibility to disembark)
Last Day
- 07:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Disembark
Trip Itinerary May-October
Southern Islands Safari
From May until October we will do 5day/6night tours to the well protected east side of the Southern Islands. Weather permitting we will also dive on the west side of these Islands.
Saturday Departure Kata Beach Junk office
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18:00 Departure
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20:00 Dinner
Day 1 full day diving Sharkpoint / Anemone Reef/King Cruiser
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07:00 Small Breakfast
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08:00 Dive 1
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09:00 Big Breakfast
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11:30 Dive 2
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13:00 Lunch
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15:00 Dive 3
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18:00 Dinner
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19:30 Night Dive
Day 2 full day diving Hin Deang / Hin Muang
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07:00 Small Breakfast
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08:00 Dive 1
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09:00 Big Breakfast
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11:30 Dive 2
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13:00 Lunch
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15:00 Dive 3
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18:00 Dinner
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19:30 Night Dive
Day 3 full day diving Koh Ha Islands
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07:00 Small Breakfast
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08:00 Dive 1
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09:00 Big Breakfast
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11:30 Dive 2
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13:00 Lunch
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15:00 Dive 3
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18:00 Dinner
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19:30 Night Dive
Day 4 full day diving Phi Phi Islands
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07:00 Small Breakfast
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08:00 Dive 1
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09:00 Big Breakfast
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11:30 Dive 2
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13:00 Lunch
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15:00 Dive 3
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18:00 Dinner
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19:30 Night Dive
Day 5 full day diving Racha Yai / Racha Noi Island
- 07:00 Small Breakfast
- 07:30 Dive 1
- 09:00 Big Breakfast
- 11:00 Dive 2
- 12:00 Lunch
- 15:00 Dive 3
- 16:00 Sail back to Ao Chalong
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:00 Disembark
Last Day
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Disembark
Boat Specification
History
The June Hong Chian Lee is one of several junks built in Penang, Malaysia, and is a 30 meters, 140-ton three mast junk with 330 square meters of sails,
Build in 1962 for charcoal transportation the June Hong Chian Lee was part of a small merchant fleet that traded up and down the coastline from Burma to Malaysia. She was mainly used to transport mango wood charcoal till 1985 then she was restored and redesigned for the first time to serve as a classic yacht.
The June Hong is constructed mainly from a hard teak wood called Takien Tong . Extremely strong, the wood is used for the three masts that rise 23 meters above the deck; 28 meters above sea level. The trees cut for the masts date back over 300 years.
Movies
The junk featured in movies as early as 1974 when she was still operational as a cargo vessel. Everybody remembers the James Bond movie "The man with the golden gun". At the end James escapes with his Bond-girl on a Chinese Junk, the "June Hong Chian Lee".
More recently (October 2000) she featured in the ZDF documentary "Das Weisse Gold". The director used the Junk to show what life must have been like, hundreds of years ago when Junks were the main mode of transportation in South East Asia.
The last project is a Hallmark production, the "Swiss Family Robinson" a remake of the famous movie by Walt Disney. The Junk will feature as the "Albatross", the boat used by the pirates. The shooting is to be finished before August 2001. And the movie is to be released at the end of 2001 (2 x 2 hours TV release).
To all you movie makers out there, if you need a truly unique vessel to feature in your movie feel free to contact us. Our price is not much more for you than a normal charter. If the price is right we can show up anywhere in South East Asia. Especially in the May to October period.
Rituals
Another link with the past is a daily ritual of offering fruit, tea and incense before a small Chinese temple in the Captain’s quarters. According to Chinese tradition, the goddess of the shrine, if honored, will protect the ship. At the entrance of the temple, two small wooden soldiers stand guard. They are named Chian and Lee-the last two names of the June Hong-and they represent the Ying and Yang.
A second altar is on the junk’s bow. Fresh flowers are placed there each week. Below the bow are the Eyes of the ship. According to the Captain, the bow is a sacred part of the junk and sitting or standing there is a sacrilege. Sometimes guests sit on the bow, it makes the crew nervous. You can see it in their faces, says the captain.
At the start of each season when the June Hong Chian Lee is launched, a Chinese shaman or priestess performs an ancient seafaring ceremony to call ashore the spirits.
part of the text is from The June Hong Chian Lee: A mystical journey into the past by Christopher G. Moore.
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