This area includes about 100km of Andaman Sea coastline - the longest protected shore in the country - as well as over 20 islands.

I checked my chart, went around the indicated islands, and came in view of the mild and quiet clutter of Goodland, houses, trailers, cottages, shacks spread without plan along the protected inner shore, beyond a narrow beach of dark sand and rock and shell.

Match-racing along the protected shores of Manhasset Bay is a long way from America's Cup duels in the open waters off San Diego.

The beaches adjoining the extensive sand dunes east of Corralejo are popular, as are the more protected extensive sandy shores of the Playa de Sotavento de Jandia on the southeastern coast between Costa Calma and the Morro Jable.

You'll have no trouble in identifying the many perfectly safe, protected shores where hardly a ripple disturbs the surface.

Many, most undoubtedly, had died once they had moved away from the protected shores of the city.

The Leam Son National Park covers 315 sq km of land shared by Ranong and Phang-Nga Provinces, it also includes around 100km of Andaman Sea coastline -the longest protected shore in the country -as well as over 20 idyllic islets.

All this has been a boon not just to the island's wild inhabitants but also to visitors lucky enough to spend some time on its protected shores.

Woolshed Bay on the protected southern shore is a popular overnight mooring spot for cruising from Auckland.