Great finish to the 2010 cruising season

We

were busy during the July - Oct period this year with some great sailing and some wonderful guests enjoying the adventures.

We completed two 7 day Cobourg/Tiwi Islands cruises, 3 of our unique 4 day Tiwi Islands cruises and then a fantastic trip back to the Kimberley for 14 days in September welcoming back a couple who had last sailed with us in 2008.

We followed up immediately with a 14 day sail to Indonesia where Ellen and I have decided to assist local schools at Saumlaki in the Tanimbar Islands group of the Maluku Province.

This year we donated (with the help of friends and some local Darwin business people) 18 computers to St Paulus Junior High School with many of them also loaded with Rosetta Stone English language software. Our project arose from meeting with local school teachers and visiting several schools during a 2009 trip under the auspices of the Sail Saumlaki Rally, and then receiving a proposal from the school on a priority project.

We will return again in 2011 to again support St Paulus with more resources and have also been approached to help the SMK Imakulata Vocational High School with sewing machines and computer resources. We are confident that we will again achieve our aim to assist these schools and further develop our relationships with these wonderful people.