The begining of Sailing and the Language of Pattaya

I am starting to get into a routine in the mornings here at the yacht club. The Yacht club is great, the food is great, the beer is cheap (just like everything else...), and the view over the water is phenomenal. We sailed for 2, 2 hr sessions on my birthday, which was what I wanted to do, spending my birthday sailing in a tropical climate (I don't think this birthday will be topped for a while if at all). Its actually quite peaceful here once the sun goes down and cicadas stop screaming. On the 7th we went for a nice long sail, the wind was 12-15 knots, and the waves are steep and big, but that just adds to the fun. The wind seems to build throughout the day to usually peaking out around 10-15 knots and it usually hits that around 1pm and goes throughout the rest of the day. Beaching the boat will definitely be interesting if there are any kind of waves, we saw some 3 ft waves crashing on the beach about 5 minutes after we had gotten on shore and if we were still in th water we would've had some sketchy moments.
March 8 was measurement and it was a chaotic gong show. Our boat lost weight in the last 2 years and we had to put some lead corrector weights in the boat to get it up to weight. Our new sails weren't registered on our measurement certificate because we just got them the day before so that also added to our hassle. Measurement day may be evil, but its a necessary evil. In the evening we went into Pattaya to check out the sights, and wow, are there sights. Bar girls beckoning you to come drink at their bar, a males ego will not be as big as it is in Pattaya (well at least until you realise their motives, lol). We had dinner at a local restaurant, I had a real nice and spicy stir fry squid with chilli peppers dish. The total cost of that dinner for 11 people 1700 baht (included 11 large beers). We had a lot of fun touring the streets and I ended up picking up 2 boardshorts and 1 pair of flipflops for 500 baht (approx $17).
There is one more day of measurement and since we are all taken care of on that part we will be we will be heading into town and hitting up the go kart track, which should be a lot of fun. From here in Pattaya the hobbit says bye.