Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Safe arrival in Darwiin !

After 19 days at sea, 6 sailors and 12 wobbly legs have hit solid ground. What an amazing journey! From sleeping in a washing machine, (Matt's favourite saying), to cooking at a 20 degree angle, to bathing on the swim grid, to watching gracious dolphins, to a few (very few) nauseous moments, to many Happy Hours with luke warm beer, to hours and hours of enjoyable, exhilarating watches (and a few tense ones), to great conversations, to fighting with the spinnaker, to getting drenched from an open
hatch, to enjoying countless of Dennis and Rita's fabulous cooking, to Matt's entertaining mast climb, to Bob's guitar music, to Cress' amazing patience, to 19 fantastic sunset dinner cruises, to sleepless nights - we have experienced it all!

Rita, Dennis, Matt, Bob and I would like to thank Cress, our Captain, for this once in a lifetime opportunity. He has amazing gifts; the ability to teach, the gift of patience and an intensity that drives him to perfection. A perfect combination with four newbies on board.

We had a surreal moment last night as we ate our last dinner together (prepared by Matt) and were graced with the most vibrant 45 minute sunset. We are sorry to see it end!

We are also excited about meeting Irena (Cress' wife) who will be joining us for almost a week in Darwin and then Matt, Cress, together with Cliff, Fiona and Peter will continue on their next passage to Bali and then their final destination - Singapore.

We would also like to thank you, are many readers who have faithfully followed our journey! I hope you have in a small way been entertained and felt a part of our adventure!

From Darwin, over and out
Jan for Bob, Matt, Cress, Dennis & Rita

1 comment:

  1. Well done, all. You've delivered your own precious souls, along with the good ship Conversations II to end this leg of the voyage. 19 days at sea earns you a special place among those few men and women who would go down to the sea in ships. Well done, all.

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