NEW Biggest Thing in Thailand - Total Game Changer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Today I travel to Sattahip, Thailand for an exclusive look at the new biggest thing and tell you why it will be a game changer for Thailand Travel. The Ship will operate between Sattahip and South Thailand, I will board the vessel and show you around the decks and we'll see why this is the new biggest thing in Thailand. Enjoy the Ride!
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I certainly agree that's a game changer. Awesome. Excellent update. Thank you so much for sharing this. All the best. Mitch 🙏🏼
Thanks Mitch, glad you enjoyed.
Very cool, another way to see Thailand…….good job showing everything Lucas!
Thanks, and yes, just another way 👍
Thanks again for another informative vlog. This definitely looks like a great alternative to access southern Thailand!
Great idea and very interesting. Well done on getting the permission to have a nose around.
Wow! That is quite the cool leg to a Thailand adventure for whenever Thailand adventures become possible again. Thanks for sharing the future possibility. :-)
Yeah Gar, should be great.
thought you'd like to know....That was a mooring line connected to a capstan. It's not an anchor line.
had a feeling someone was going to tell you before I could get here but the anchor is attached to that big link of chain that you walked past up forward. Mooring lines are used when attached to the pier. Another quality vid Lucas!!!
Great vid loucus hope to take that ferry this year fingers crossed
Super great way to travel south. Hugh Thanks for making this. Just what I'm looking for.! I has a R1200 RT,,,, amazing bike ! You fun guy
Good video as always. By the way you don’t need to apologize because spontaneity is good. Especially with these travel videos. It’s adventure anyway. 👍
As a Marine Engineer, I approve of this vessel.
I’m not sold , OK maybe a hard ride but why would you want to miss the experience of a life time . Plenty of places to stop and it’s more of an adventure. Paddy Doyle is on a road trip of Thailand on a Honda Dream and the things he is seeing is priceless.
That is always an option, but now there will be another option.
I do agree Sid and i'm also a follower of Paddy ,but Lucas does show us so many things on living or travelling in Thailand ,not to mention helping the locals out in many ways .So for me i'm not knocking him on that alone mate ..just saying 🤷♂️
@@genokemp2433 Paddy Doyle is not in Thailand for only 2 weeks. This ship is a great time saver.
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I love rides 4 kicks , there is many bloggers especially in Pattaya and Lucas is heads and shoulders above the rest . I haven’t been to Thailand for 17 years but I spent 10 months there and had the time of my life . I loved the simplicity the culture the way of life . I loved jumping on the small boats to go island hoping. It’s just an opinion of mine I think I would prefer to go by bike ( if I had time ) of course if I didn’t I would take the boat , I wouldn’t have a problem with it .
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Agreed .
This ferry is intended mainly for trucks, I had quite a bit to do with the initial concept and my previous company were involved with the inspections of the ship etc prior to purchase. It is going to be interesting to see if it actually becomes viable. For info, Chucksamet Port is actually a commercial port, serving mostly the Thai Offshore Sector, although the Thai Navy do use it a lot, the main Naval port, Mahidol, is next door, where coincidentally the Aircraft Carrier is currently in dry dock for maintenance.
Yes, this will be huge for cargo trucks and quicker too.
Cool! I know that spot. Used to off load ships at that port many many years ago during Cobra Gold.
Very cool!
The sink in the room doubles up as a urinal. 👍
🤣🤣🤣
That's what I thought when I saw it too!
They are all pipes
I would not recommend using the handlebars to tie the bike down, they can snap off very easily. Best way is to clamp the front wheel in a chock bolted to the deck (some ferries have this method) but most rely on wire ropes run through cleats on the deck that you attach the ratchet straps to either side of the bike and the strap then goes over the seat with a big pillow between strap and bike seat (If the strap is too tight this can damage the plastic base of the seat in some cases so I always supervise the deck hand while they tie it down to make sure its not bending the seat) My favoured way if the chocks are not available is from the bike frame to the wire ropes, one on each side, with the bike on the sidestand (three points of contact with the deck) ratchet straps tight enough to keep the bike from tipping either way but allowing the suspension to work to avoid snapping the sidestand. Always release the strap on the side away from the stand first so it doesn't pull it over. Never put it on the center stand, with only two points of contact (front wheel and stand) you get no way to stop the bike rolling (leave it in gear) and if the seas are rough the stand can spring back up at any point and leave the bike falling on its side quicker than you could shout **** it.
The only time I've seen bikes strapped to the side of the ship is on the ferries to the Isle of Man for TT week where they don't care how they are tied down nor if they arrive damaged, they just care that they got your money.
Watch some videos of bikes on the ferries from the UK to Spain to see how they do it, very successfully.
Great video and the ferry will be good for Southern Thailand tourism. Certainly a cool way to get down South in comfort. The ferry is similar to the ones serving Scandinavia and Iceland in Europe.
You never have to apologize for not knowing ….. it’s Thailand and the information you might have had could change by the time they are ready to roll.
Exactly, thanks 👍
Awesome, my bike will be absolutely going on that ship, thanks for the video, don't forget the prices when you know 😉👌
You got it Mark
I drove from Texas to Minnesota and Texas to Arizona and afterwards I realized taking the plane is actually the best way to do it. I thought yeah this will be no problem but it takes a toll on ya and its better to feel refreshed and energetic. But there's always a price for convenience.
That's what I was thinking. Plane fares in Asia are cheap and it would only take 2-1/2 to 3 hours, arriving still fresh and save the 20 hour boring ferry journey. Couldn't take the bike but not that many people ride big bikes here. I bet the fares for this very expensive ship won't be that cheap.
Yeah, if you are going a specific place then that is best, but if you are going on a tour, then having the bike is paramount.
That's a real bike.Thanks for the tour. WOW
Our pleasure!
I like it! 15 minutes from me. Can’t wait to try that out. Thx L
You Bet Greeny 👍
Binge watching again. But I have had my son visit so been busy entertaining.❤️ And peace.
Awesome. Absolutely awesome. May that vessel be blessed with many passengers and smooth seas.
Bmer bike looks comfy but i usually like mine less clumsy. The Ferry is absolutely a dream. The sign, btw, isn't Japanese. It's Chinese. I suspect it was a Taiwanese ferry. This easy access to Southern Thailand is simply making living in Pattaya that much cooler. Thanx for the heads up. Another great episode.
no, thats japanese writing
The characters are kanji Japanese not Hanzi Chinese. Very similar and almost the same
An anchor probably is on a chain.. a chain handles water better than a rope..
Nice BMW!
yes, the ropes turned out to be what was holding it to the dock.
Mooring is often accomplished using thick ropes called mooring lines or hawsers.
@@Rides4Kickz You clearly are a biker, not a boater..LOL ;)
Used to stay in Songkhla and Hat Yai years ago before trouble started in southern provinces. Some great times!
It's really quiet now in both cities since the Thai/Malaysian border is closed. Especially Samila Beach in Songkhla and the city center of Hat Yai are feeling the effects.
Thanks for nice video lovely
I hope to go on i think very good
Thank you so much for another amazing video cheers mate..
Glad you enjoyed it
Yes! That’s a proper touring bike!
If the ferry thing doesn't work out,it would make a great iso hotel.
Wow great news, this is the most exciting new transport itinerary in Thailand in years. Congratulations on the scoop.
I will 100% use this when it becomes available. I have toured around most of Northern Thailand and love the option of having no real plan for what I do tomorrow. I have been to Hat Yai, Songkhla, Phuket etc, but the thought of having to do that awful middle section of the road South and then back, has so far stopped me riding any further South than Prachuap Khiri Khan (even that was mind numbing). This option makes it a one way trip and you still get to explore the full Western Seaboard section on the way back North.
Paddy Doyle has shown some great tourist places on his channel. Many will like the area from Hua Hin south I think.
@@keithprinn720 I agree, but riding from Pattaya down to Surat Thani and then back, is not something I would look forward to doing. The ferry would make this a one way trip.
hehe im a sailor and thats not the anker :) its a mooring line;)
Haha, yes shortly after saying that, I saw it was what was holding the ship in place at the dock.
Cool; that is a game changer!
Very interesting, thanks!
Wonderful info thanks for another great video!
Our pleasure!
Thanks for keeping everyone informed on different topics.
Good video, great alternative to get to south areas. The ferries in Europe you just leave your bike in gear, one padded strap across your seat and ratcheted down.
That would probably work here as well.
Very nice I worked on ships for 20 years nice one
Great video, you and that BMW look well suited ( we call them adventure bikes in the UK 🇬🇧)
20 hours on the boat. View the local sights and attractions in the south. 2 day road trip return. Might be an interesting adventure.
Great news and a better alternative to driving for sure. From what I remember from Mark Weins’ food videos it was beautiful there. Will wait patiently for your videos. Thanks for the update.😎
Thanks Eleanor, 👍👍
Thats one of the old retired Sunflower ferries from Japan. Sunflower and A-line have short but cheap ferry rides in Japan. I've been thinking of doing the kyushu to okinawa route on one of their ferries because these ferries have some pretty nice rooms and are the price of an airplane ticket
Thanks for the info!
Awesome Bike! Awesome ship! 👍
The Ferry is small compared to the UK/French super ferries which are ten times the size. Floating coffin thai style
Maybe so, but biggest thing in this area.
France and UK suck though.
Who cares
The Irish Ferry Ulysses ,between Dublin and Holyhead (Wales ) ,is the biggest car Ferry in the World it is claimed . >>Ulysses claims to be the world's largest car ferry, and will sail on the Dublin-Holyhead route. Built 12 decks high, its keel-to-mast height of 167.5 feet is just 30 foot short of Dublin's Liberty Hall.
10 times, really. Bigger yes, but not even close to 10 times
The vessel is currently at port SATTAHIP, TH after a voyage of 16 hours, 36 minutes originating from port SONGKHLA, TH.
I think you've been in Thailand too long...cruise ships are 20 times bigger than this. This is a Ferry.
The rooms look like crap. You way over hyped this.
Ok, but for here there is nothing else like it.
What’s the link to your channel?
Just so nice to see your videos ..🇸🇪
Thank you! 😃
Small terminology correction: seagoing ships have cabins, not rooms. Nice ferry!
It seems that Thai are preparing them selfs for another Tourist wave soon 😊😊😊
Yes, in more ways than one 👍
That ship will be cut up into chunks at a Mumbai dockyard long before tourists come back 🤣
@@Rides4Kickz It's a brilliant idea in my opinion. Their options are endless, mini trips to Malaysia, or North Thailand for example.. I lived near a port in the UK, where mini cruise ships would carry passengers from Hull to Netherlands or Belgium. This is very popular, due to the onboard entertainment, and also a mini holiday. But this option in Thailand, is different, as you can go on deck, and survey the views, which will be amazing. Going on deck in the North Sea, is not advisable, freezing temperatures and adverse weather. Only issue I could see, maybe be the cost to local customers...
🤣🤣🤣🤣 sadly very true....
How the hell would that thing get up to Northern Thailand?
Just WOW! Thanks MUCH for sharing, and that is a magnificent ship indeed! Too cool you got on the BIG Kahuna BMW to ride! :) Way too big for us smaller folks, but I am sure it was great ! All the BEST to you and thanks again for sharing! Cheers:)
Thanks Marty 👍👍🙏😁
That's Awesome Because it's a 13.8 hr drive from Pattaya to Phuket if you stop along the way its much more time .. But you can fly to Phuket and rent a motorcycle as well ...
👍, can't wait for official review from you buddy.
PS: It will also benefit the southern people who wanna explore your area with their own ride
It's great to see Thailand preparing to reopen. Good positive video Loucas 👍
Yes, thank you
Wow, that ferry is absolutely very cool, Lucas. Have they not had this type of ferry services before now? That would be such a cool little cruise for families to go down south on. Another experience altogether. Thanks for sharing!😊
Quite welcome, my pleasure.
Can’t wait for that to start.
you hit it on the head a real game changer 👍🏽
they have a game changer here its called house arrest lol
19 hours is a long time, but it saves riding through Bangkok and staying overnight, although that would be part of the event for me. I used to hate the overnight ferries from England to Cherbourg and ended up reverting to the Dover-Calais one hour ferry and riding all through France when I used to go to Portugal for my holidays. Back when you could do what you wanted before Kungflu.
I think it will be fine for people that live in Thailand, but not sure if it is a good choice for short term tourists, 3 weeks or less. Me, I'd rather fly from
U-Tapao airport to Phuket for about $100 round trip, and then travel from there if I want. But that's just me.
Another good one!! I particulary like ships. I have traveled on ferries in New Zealand, Mexico and Greece. Really love em! This looks like a great adventure. Oh. Bye the way. That big rope is called a "line." and is used for mooring at the pier.(I'm a navy vet) The anchor is connected by a chain. Cheers.
That will certainly give a nice option to traveling between the South and Central Thailand. Very nice! Cheers from Alaska!!
Nice 👍
I was engineer on a Ferry from Oslo norway to Kiel germany. We tok 750 cars. Had 996 passengers cabins. Could have 2750 passengers. Had 7 restaurants pluss a bar and nightclub. Pluss we has a show longe. Pluss discotec. We had a 150 meter of a shopping street. Pluss spa and aqualand. Itt was 224 meters long. 42000 horsepower for propulsion. Name was Color Magic. You find it on TH-cam.
Wow, wish I had known about that when I lived in Germany 🤣
Surely half the fun of riding down to the south is the ride itself, exploring the Thailand that most tourists won't see.
That's still and option 👍
Ferry one way, ride back return trip...
This ferry terminal was completed when I first arrived in Thailand. They built it with customs capability because one of the original intents was for ships to travel to Malaysia and Singapore. But the terminal sat brand new unused for years. I think most of its traffic will be trucks taking products from the large Chonburi & Rayong manufacturing industry. Sure beats driving for 3 days to take goods to Southern Thailand.
Love these types of Info-mercial you do
I can't wait to try this out
Today I flew to Phuket but so wanted to ride but as you say, it's just too far to be fun
I could definitely tell you were excited to get on the boat (in a fact a bit giddy if you know the term) which was super fun to watch on my part. I hope your first official trip on the boat comes quickly.
Sure enought Rick 👍
great video lots of info thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it
Best way to travel is by ship. Love being at sea. Will have to try this ferry but when???
Cool boat.. definitely i will try it during my holiday on February 2022 ..Thank you sir.
All the best
When at dock, unless they are actually working in the engine room doing work on the power plant, the ship would normally get power from the dock
Thanks for sharing Lucas, regards from England
Neat ship. very cool getting early access to it like that
I think so too! 👍
Unfortunately we will be relocating back to Australia next year but that trip is a MUST DO before we go.
Yeah, it would be a great final trip 👍
Looks great, I will get ready for the first sailing in 2023
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Carnival cruises just started back up 3July2021 weekend in the USA. Maybe travel will start to come back everywhere. Any ferry or cruises to Singapore from Thailand?
We're hoping to get back to Thailand in December, but we'll see what's happening in the world.
Best of luck,
Jon & Noi from Florida
There are thousands of ferries like this in Norway, and hundreds more throughout Europe.
So what ??
I think its a great idea .
Nice short time rooms on the boat!!
Ha! I'd pay to experience that!!!
I soon be back there hope to meet you.
Nice to see you like this. You're like a kid in a candy store 555. I remember reading about this more than a year ago. It'll start up soon enough.
Yeah, hopefully 👍
Thank you for showing this option. The ship might be big for Thailand, but its size is that of the very small ferries in Europe. I did use often the Calais/Dover, Hook van Holland/Harwich (over night), Oostende/Dover, Hull/Rotterdam (over night), and now since I live in Ireland Roslaire/Roscoff and Dublin/Cherbourg (both over night) ferries. I love the concept of sleeping on them and be fresh in the morning for the next day. The Atlantic and the North Sea can be more rough than the Golf of Thailand and I did see many people vomiting on board. I advise the weaker of you to get a cabin in the middle of the ship as it rolls there much less. No window? Does not matter, but you sleep better. It would have been nice to see how far the seats recline as you want to try to sleep in them. The sleep boxes remind me of the box hotels Japan is famous for, but which you also have e.g. on Don Muang Airport, Bangkok.
Thank for the tips.
I read the Pattaya to Hua Hin ferry has now been cancelled for good
Yes, have heard similar
You seem to get very excited about a ferry, I’am sure after 20 hours that will recede. Have you ever been on a cruise ship, I’am sure you would be in absolute ecstasy lol. By the way the worlds largest car ferry runs from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales, can carry 1,342 cars or 240 articulated trucks and up to 2,000 passengers, it’s called Ulysses and it has 12 decks!
Nice boat sea dolfin thanks for showing it! 👍 👌 😀
No problem 👍
Standard 1250 GSA in Thailand £22,276.54 same model in the UK £15,345.00 thats before you start adding luggage etc so it would probably take you over or close to £30k depending what you wanted on it
Looks awesome! Like a BC ferry. Not quite a cruise ship, but not just a little people mover ferry either. Will be a great alternative option to go south rather than domestic airlines or driving/biking all that way! Love it! Thanks for the update!
C ya when I c ya👍🏼👍🏼🍻
BC Ferries largest has a capacity of 358 cars, double this ships capacity.
@@1JJONES Ah, thank you. See how this one goes; they can build up from here. 👍🏼👍🏼
12:30 : Japan and its (in)famous capsule hotels... Very enjoyable tour. Thank you!
Yes, there were several typical Japanese features around, like the chairs in the birth that had no legs.
I think it would be cool too! dont mind the 'capsule' sleeping.
Ferry door had the max height marked looked like 4.1m.
I took quite a few long ferry trips in Philippines. Some good and some bad. The best were like that with nice bedrooms and restaurants. Nice if you leave late evening save on a hotel and arrive in the morning. Great fun
Great 👍 I🇹🇭😀
Thanks! 😃
that's my bike. Love it, mine is a 2017 GSA
R4K is the unofficial Thai ambassador during the pandemic.....Ride on....
Actually that ferry looks a lot smaller than the ferries running daily from my home town of Gothenburg to Kiel/Fredrikshamn.
Really cool - can’t wait to go on this Lady
You could put a lot of beer and ice in those saddlebags 😁
Hi Lucus this reminds me of the ferrys that run from England to France everday i have been on them many times
Nice video.
Oh the days gone by riding the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system around SE Alaska, BC Canada, and N Wash ! Nice sized hauler vessel the Blue Dolphin ! Tourism and local nationals going east to southwest will travel by U-Tapao airport mostly ! But small independent business freight cargo; say farmers goods may gain its liking ! Heck turn it into a offshore casino and it will do a bang up in earnings ! Agreed, traveling around the rim roads past Bangers, Hua Hin, Chumpion, Surit Thani, Nikon Si is a real long stretch, it will be a good ferry system if it pays off. Commercial goods ticket bookings will have to be its bread and butter ! Need several deep water ports to stop and unload ! Koh Samui to mainland needs a larger hauler like this one ! Lines waiting for vehicle ferries down there are so long !
Great travel reports Lucas ! Be safe and don't push it too hard on the bikes ! Many more good riding days to come !
God Bless all the Pattaya folks struggling under these hard COVID times ! Vee is a great humanitarian with a good caring giving heart !
Just a couple notes. Japanese ferries are the nicest way to travel around japan if you are not in a rush. Lots of food and vending machines and suites with baths and so much more. The price is very low compared to cruise ships but the accommodations are fantastic. I hope that Thailand uses that model and provides Thai and western cuisine options and vendeterias. It would be a big winner if done properly. It is not a cruise but it is definitely not a ferry. Maybe a feruise. Thanks for the video.
Sounds about right Paul I hope so too