Debby shook back her long hair and sipped a cold drink while on a cushioned deck chair aboard the Charter Yacht Kayu Manis.

"You feel expensive on this ship," Debby said. "I was asking for the cabin boy to put lotion on me. This is a nice slice of fancy living."

Debby and several of her friends were guests aboard the teakwood schooner that was built last year and arrived at Langkawi in January 2008, to make the Telaga Harbour Park Marina its main base.

There wasn't a cabin boy aboard the traditional 75-foot Pinsi while it anchored in Pattaya Bay of Koh Lipae.

The ship can s leep eight in 4 double cabins. The guest quarters and crew quarters each has its own air-conditioning setting and each cabin has its own bathroom and shower attached.

The galley and saloon area are equipped with dining table for eight, a refrigerator, freezer, microwave oven, sink and coffeemaker.

A comfortabe settee makes a nice hangout inside. For entertainment on rainy days or cool nights there is a flat-screen TV which also can be seen from the stern deck.

The wheelhouse has the original mahogany ship's wheel with a brass rim, hydraulic steering and the latest in electronic navigational systems.

"I love the style of this boat," said Paul, another guest on Kayu Manis. "Somehow it gives you the feeling, beeing a sea gypsy."

The skippers main goal, to make as many people as possible feeling the same, started with the charter business of Kayu Manis last February.