Boon sung & Bang sak - Thai place names

March 21, 2003
From: Danny Van Belle

Hi Bill,
Just to inform you that the wreck were Mary Jane shot the Hypselodoris kanga is the same as the one I call Boon Sung. There are many liveaboards around the Similan Ids all leaving from Taplamu near Kao Lak. However different boats use many different names for the same divesites. As you'll notice Boonsung and Bang sak do not sound so different !
Typical thai style !
Best regards
Danny Van Belle

dannyvb@hotmail.com

Thanks Danny,
I had noted the similarity and wondered whether they were the same wreck. Now that we have all the names - and spellings - in one message, I guess anyone looking for one of them will have a cross-reference. I did a quick websearch and found the most used spellings were Boonsung and Bang sak. The other interesting thing I discovered was that the boat was built right here in Sydney, Australia in 1927.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Mar 21). Comment on Boon sung & Bang sak - Thai place names by Danny Van Belle. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9448

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