Sail Indonesia

Sail Indonesia 2009 List of Particpants and Event Summary

	Yacht Name	Nationality	Design	Length	Skipper
1	55 Nord	Denmark	Hallberg Rassey	46'	Tom Collins
2	Absolutely Knot	Australia	Hitchhiker	34'	Eddie Davidson
3	Alexandra	Netherlands	Van de Stadt	48'	Hans van der Sluijs
4	Allaban	United Kingdom	Nordic 44	44'	David Menis
5	Aloha	Canada	Westsail 32	42'	Gwyn and Sandy Griffiths
6	Astra	United Kingdom	Swan	55'	Jeremy Paul
7	Aurelia	Australia	Morgan Evans	52'	Stevan Drakulic
8	Auweia	Germany	Glacer	53'	Enno Biergans
9	Babagnaff VI	France	Outremer	55'	Alain Bompart
10	Baccus	United Kingdom	Jeanneau	45'	Keith Harding
11	Bach and Byte	Australia	Fastback 43	43'	Jim Moodie
12	Barbara Ann	USA	Najad	51'	Jack Hunt
13	Beach House	Australia	Adams	47'	Geoffrey Moore
14	Bidule	France	RM 11.3	37'	Bernard Auperin
15	Bingo	USA	Choate Feo	38'	Bryan Maher
16	Blue Marlin	Sweden	Langesrag 33	32'	Hans Olsson
17	Braveheart I	Australia	Simpson	38'	Chris Atkinson
18	Brio	Switzerland	Sloop	46'	Jurg Trippel
19	Cariad 2	France	Morning Glory	37'	Georges Tilkin
20	Catimini	Vanuatu	Island Spirit	40'	Roger Denis
21	Cheshire Cat	Canada	Cabot	35'	Mike Rigby-Williams
22	Chriann	Denmark	Halberg Rassy	46'	Flemming Monrad
23	Churakai	Australia	Chincogan 520	52'	Peter Turner
24	Cilantro	Australia	Beneteau	38'	James Thomson
25	Content	USA	CT 41 Ketch	50'	Michael Raymond
26	Cookie Cutter	Canada	Goug Peterson	34'	Peter McMartin
27	Cool Bananas	New Zealand	Admiral	50'	Daryl Fisher
28	Cyan	USA	Island Packet 380	41'	Chuck Evans
29	Dallandra	New Zealand	Galapagos 47	47'	Ron Brady
30	Dandelion	South Africa	Alex Simonis	47'	Roger Barrow
31	Desert Rose II	Australia	Adams	45'	Peter Zielinski
32	Emmanuel	Virgin Islands	Ferrel	47'	Clint Bush
33	Fast Forward	Virgin Islands	Phil Southwell	60'	Ken Pollard
34	Felicity	Australia	Clansman	30'	Lachlan Wilson
35	Flight	USA	Hallberg Rassy	49'	Jim Gardner
36	Georgia II	Australia	FG1895	81'	Phillip Passanisi
37	Giddyup	New Zealand	Gulik	40'	Paul Meredith
38	Grace	USA	Fountaine Pajot	56'	Stuart Brand
39	Harmonica	Canada	Kelly Peterson	44'	David Hutchison
40	Helly	Australia	Sparkman & S	37'	Douglas Winkler
41	Horizon	USA	Hood	32'	Ray McLaughin
42	In Transit	Australia	Grainger 37	37'	Russel Law
43	Jacabel	France	Ovni 345	44'	Jacques Perrin
44	Jacana II	Australia	Simpson Woodwind	30'	John Pullar
45	Jerboa 1	Australia	De Havilland	54'	John Comer
46	JJ Moon	United Kingdom	Contest 43	43'	Barry Wilmshurst
47	Jo Anne	Netherlands	Contest 44CS	44'	Joop Dekkers
48	Journey	USA	Pacific Seacraft	37'	Larry Hersman
49	Kalypso	United Kingdom	Najad 490	49'	John Rogers
50	Kelebek III	USA	Irwin	41'	Tanil Tuncel
51	Kleiner Bar	New Zealand	Nordsea 41	41'	Werner Hennig
52	Kristie 1	Australia	Northshore 38	38'	Bryan Smith
53	Kularoo	Australia	Simpson	47'	Bill Kneebone
54	L'Aventure V	Canada	Jeanneau	50'	René Rainville
55	Lady Anne II	Antigua Barbuda	Jeanneau Lagoon	47'	Patrick Gomila
56	Layaleeta	Australia	Bavaria 42	42'	Les Reumer
57	Lazy Bones	USA	Irwin	54	Jeff Allen
58	Leto	Ireland	Venus	43'	Peter Hosford
59	Liaison	Australia	Chamberlin	45'	Bill Duif
60	Linger Longer	Switzerland	S & S	44'	Wilhelm Kurmis
61	Listowel Lady	Australia	Duncanson	43'	Graeme Stewart
62	Ma-ahji Re	Australia	Norseman 447	44'	David Peile
63	Macy	USA	Mcintosh Custom	40'	Julia Taylor
64	Magnet	Netherlands	Bill Trip	50'	Chris Bongertmans
65	Mandolin Wind II	Australia	Perry	43'	Martin Stevens
66	Maralinga	Australia	Wilf O'Kell	52'	John Jordan
67	Margarita	Denmark	Najad	34'	Birgit Boye
68	Meridian of Sydney	Australia	Roberts	45'	Paul Rodenhuis
69	Miss Jody	USA	Catamaran	42'	Ronald Bruce
70	Monkeys Business	USA	Morgan	41'	Jason Walsh
71	Moonfleet	United Kingdom	Van De Stadt	48'	Alan Bartlett
72	Morning Star VII	New Zealand	Marcos 39	43'	Eric Teale
73	Munyana	Australia	Boden	60'	Charles Reinalda
74	Murungaru	United Kingdom	Prout Catamaran	38'	Nigel Leakey
75	Myah	USA	Nordhavn	58'	Mark Johnson
76	Neptune II	Australia	Motiva Stalbade	42'	Gary Haynes
77	Noorderzon	Netherlands	Hans Christian 38	38'	Frank van der Knoop
78	North Star	New Zealand	Ganley Lucas	47'	Mark Jackson
79	Obsession II	France	CIM	112'	Bernard Coiron
80	Pacific Express	Australia	Ganley	38	Peter Osterhage
81	Pacific Star	USA	Island Packet	38'	Horst Wolff
82	Papillion	USA	Crowther	50'	Jim Parker
83	Pelikan	Germany	Acacia	52'	David Boutery
84	Petrel	USA	C&C Newport 41	41'	Giles Finlayson
85	Play On	Australia	Seawind 1000	35'	Frank Pate
86	Pomona	Norway	Ole Enderline	38'	Vegar Bjoranger
87	Promesa	Canada	Bruce Roberts	38'	Leo Eijsermans
88	Raven	Australia	Lexcen 43	43'	Tim Guymer
89	Red Sky	USA	Santa Cruz	50'	Steve Easterbrook
90	Reflections of Hayling	United Kingdom	Hallberg Rassy	42'	David Fosh
91	Saildance II	Marshall Islands	Oyster	62'	Peter Dimsey-Chris Baxter
92	Sailmaker IV	Australia	Graham Tilley	53'	Raymond Vaughan
93	Sapristi	United Kingdom	Parlay 40	40'	Chris Biden
94	Saveke	USA	Laurie Davidson	48'	Thomas C Will
95	Scorpio	Finland	Nautor 43 Swan	43'	Henrik Lindblom
96	Sea Life	Australia	Beneteau 393	39'	Mark Jensen- Nicolle Jean
97	Seacomber	New Zealand	Roberts 54	55'	David Lineham
98	Serannity	USA	Camper & Nicholson	48'	Lew Tucker
99	Shiva	Switzerland	Alubat Ovni 455	48'	Rudy Zeller
100	Silkie	USA	Chris White	54'	John Fisher
101	Single Malt	Australia	Kelsall Tonga 40	40'	Doug Steel
102	Sisu	Canada	Brent Swain	35'	Timo Saukko
103	Slow Motion	Germany	Island Packet 45	45'	Rudy Roth
104	Sol Searcher	USA	Transpac 49	49'	Ray Wilson
105	Songster	United Kingdom	Oyster 39	40'	Brian Palmer
106	Soul	Australia	Chincogan 52	52'	Geoffrey Darby
107	Southern Mist II	Australia	Zeston 40	40'	Phil Barlow
108	Stardancer 1	Australia	Gib Sea 47	47'	Andrew Jones
109	Stream Spirits	United Kingdom	Athena	37'	Geoff Nichols
110	Strummer	United Kingdom	Moody 376	38'	Nigel Battarbee
111	Sur	Spain	Sadler 34	34'	Marisa Soler
112	Tantrum I	Australia	Van de Stadt	28'	Terry Day
113	Tapestry	United Kingdom	Westerly Oceanlord	41'	Ian Bloom
114	Tartufo	Holland	Regina af Vindo	43'	Nick de Graaf
115	Tequila II	Australia	Van de Stadt	47'	Wayne Maxwell
116	Thira	USA	Sloop	36'	Cedric Conde
117	Three Ships	United Kingdom	Gitana 43	43'	Chris Jones
118	Troubadour	United Kingdom	Michael Pocock	45'	Stuart Ingram
119	Tuatara	New Zealand	Alan Wright	50'	Alan Ward
120	Two Up	Australia	Grainger	41'	Peter Wilkinson
121	Ulysses	United Kingdom	Hallberg Rassey	43'	David Burgess
122	Vulcan	New Zealand	Hal Wagstaff	50'	Mark Arvidson
123	Wanderlust	USA	Tashiba 40	40'	Toshio Higashiyama
124	Water Musik	USA	Center Cockpit	40'	Larry Stunkel
125	Wavesweper	Australia	Formosa 46	46'	Jeff Owler
126	Whistle down the wind	Australia	Adams 40	40'	David Edney
127	Whitby Lass	Australia	Adams A40	40'	Phil Utber
128	Whitsunday Passage	Australia	Adams 40	40'	Joanne Richardson
129	Windchimes	Australia	Fairwind	46'	Greg Neilsen
130	Windy Spirit	Australia	Grainger	45'	Rees Duncan
131	WMD	USA	Norseman 47	44'	Kim Olenicoff
132	Zarpas	Belgium	Lagoon	47'	François Viso


Yachts Entering Sail Bunaken from Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia
	Yacht Name	Nationality	Design	Length	Skipper
1	Arnak	New Zealand	Spray	43'	Geoff Gentil
2	Backchat	Australia	Crowther	48'	Alan Main
3	Blue Moon of Oz	Australia	Crowther	40'	John Harlen
4	Good Hope	Australia	Dufour 395	40'	Brad Jordan
5	Jaraman	Australia	Beneteau 393	38'	John Potter
6	Indulgence II	Australia	Warrick	50'	Allan Pyne
7	La Passarola	Australia	John Pugh	49'	Les Burns
8	Lady Emma	New Zealand	Don Brook	54'	Bryson Richards
9	Loggerhead	United Kingdom	Jeanneau Sunfast	37'	Graham Elliot
10	Geisha	Panama	Long Liner	104'	Wolfgang Boden
11	Matariki	New Zealand	Barnett Offshore	65'	Tom Johnson
12	Panthalassa	Australia	Swanson	38'	Des Sleight
13	Pantoja	New Zealand	Farr	39'	Jeremy Winks
14	Purnama	Australia	Gib Sea	40'	Neil Perkins
15	Quiver	Canada	Vancouver 27	27'	Jim Burgoyne
16	Seafires Gem	Australia	Roberts Sea Spray	40'	Jerry Elliott
17	Searose	New Zealand	Mayotte	46'	Brian Berger
18	Second Winds	Australia	Roberts Ketch	35'	Bryan Butson
19	Silent Wings	New Zealand	Adams	42'	Bill Dorssers
20	Sowelu	Australia	Roberts 370E	37'	Roger Batt
21	Timshal	France	Jaque Laserre	38'	Pierre Marie Sintes
22	Veedon Fleece	Australia	Cassidy 43	43'	Gote Vikstrom
23	Vega	Malta	Baltic Trader	82'	James Grainger
24	Voahangy	Cook Islands	Cairnes Custom	65'	Keith Offord
25	Zosha	Australia	Grainger 11.85	39'	Peter Salkowski

	Entries Cancelled or Deferred until 2010
1	Bauvier
2	Current Sunshine
3	Hippopotamus
4	Jacarde
5	Moony
6	Priscilla
7	Pura Vida
8	Sanity
9	Santiam
10	Savannah
11	Sumatra II
12	Tea
13	Tientos

As a result of our fleet of yachts participating in Sail Bunaken the 2009 Sail Indonesia program was badly disrupted for 2009. After leaving Saumlaki the fleet split into a number of groups with some yachts sailing west to Flores and were too early for the scheduled events, some sailed direct to Wakatobi and the festivities there were held early and the yachts that arrived on schedule were told they were too late.

The yachts that did make the journey to Bitung enjoyed the program of events for Sail Bunaken however when they began to travel south to Wakatobi to rejoin the Sail Indonesia program of events they encountered unseasonally bad weather which caused a number of yachts to turn back and take the route down the western coast of Sulawesi, where the weather was also not so good.

At this time the last of the yachts are heading north to Belitung preparing to leave Indonesia. Many yachts went direct to Batam just south of Singapore and many of these have already left Indonesia and are in Johor Baru at Danga Bay just north of Singapore . At this time our team is busy with the fleet as they leave the country, the internet and email service at these places is not always reliable, so updates of this page will be delayed and photographs will be added at a later date.

Darwin
The Sail Indonesia Rally was started by the Indonesian Minister for Marine Affairs and Fisheries Mr Freddie Numberi in Darwin Harbour aboard the ‘Spirit of Darwin’ under a slightly overcast sky with a light 8-10 knot south easterly breeze. The Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr Primo Alui Joelianto, The Indonesian Consul General from Sydney, Mr Sudaryomo, The Honourable Mr Chris Burns representing the Northern Territory Government and 140 other guests on board enjoyed the spectacle as 132 yachts left Darwin Harbour on schedule, all heading for the town of Saumlaki on the island of Yamdena, in the Tanimbar Islands.
The first yacht under sail to cross the start line was Sea Life. The award for best dressed yacht was won by Windy Spirit and best dressed crew was awarded to Kalypso.
The fleet of yachts were accompanied to Saumlaki by the two Indonesian Fisheries patrol boats, Hui Macan Tutul 001 and Hui Macan Tutul 006. The short 290 mile leg was uneventful with the first yachts arriving in Saumlaki late on Sunday night.

Saumlaki - Total Chaos and Total Hospitality
The arrival of a fleet of over 130 yachts was unlike any event seen before by the people of Saumaki and the facilities in this usually sleepy town were overwhelmed. A team of Customs Officials came from Jakarta to process the incoming yachts and to give each skipper the all important Customs Bond Exemption Certificate. However, the fleet were soon informed that in true Indonesian style, there were no Immigration Officials coming to Saumlaki to process the passports and visas, and that the yachts had to go 150 miles north to Tual to complete their incoming paperwork. This was of course not unacceptable for most people concerned, and after several long phone calls and discussions, the following day one lone Immigration Official arrived in Suamlaki to process roughly 350 crew members.
After this initial hiccup, things began to get back on track but the procedures and interpretation of the regulations were changing on an hourly basis, with some yachts being asked to remain on board their yachts for 24 hours and others being asked to some to shore immediately after arrival.
A number of tours of the island were on offer for Rp100, 000 (AU$12) but after some crews had paid to go on the tour, they were offered to others free of charge. The Rally Notice Board was being constantly erased and re-written which only increased the amount of confusion among the participants with one crew member checking the notice board for details and a second crew member checking 20 minutes later and reading a totally different set of instructions.
The banks in Saumlaki do not change money and the Automatic Teller was often out of service, and when it was working, it would not accept many common debit cards. The only option was to change banknotes at a Chinese owned shop, at about 85 percent of the published bank rate.
The Rally presentation was held at the Hotel Galaxy. Participants were collected from the Ferry Terminal and taken in large busses to the event, where they were entertained by local dancers, cultural shows and a gala dinner featuring local dishes and delicacies.

After Saumlaki, many yachts decided not to make to do the 150 mile upwind leg to Tual and headed direct to the beautiful underwater coral gardens and the rich history of the Banda Islands. Banda is well of the tourist track and for almost a week the crews enjoyed small-scale tours of nutmeg and almond plantations, visited the sixteenth century Dutch fort that is well restored and open to the public, enjoyed local cuisine including the beautifully cooked eggplant with almond sauce, spent time exploring the coral gardens at the foot of the lava flow of a nearby volcano and walked slowly around the local fish and vegetable markets, sampling baked goods, yellow rice and fried bananas, experiencing island life with locals.

Ambon
After leaving Banda, the next stop was Ambon and the people of Ambon gave a very warm reception to the 70 yachts that made the journey there. After the welcome ceremony and speeches by the Governor and Mayor An outdoor feast was provided for participants on their day of arrival, despite the onset of rain. Participants watched as the ‘ikan bakar’ or ‘barbequed fish’ was prepared, with local chefs fanning the embers of coconut husks, as prawns, squid and fish cooked on top of the grill.
During In the following days, visitors to Ambon enjoyed tours of villages, walks through the extensive local markets in town and used Ambon’s facilities as a major port to take on cheap fuel, food and water. The final event was the farewell dinner, which was attended by the Minister of Fisheries, the Governor of Maluku and the Mayor of Ambon. The food was excellent and everyone had a great time. Participants of the rally were overwhelmed and appreciative to the people of Ambon for the generosity and warmth.
There were a number of yachts that had mecanical problems and with assistance of Ms Julia De Lima these yachts were able to be hauled out and repairs were made,

Sail Bunaken
Fifty two yachts arrived in Bitung, arriving from three different countries, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines , to participate in Indonesia's premier maritime event for 2009, 'Sail Bunaken'. Participants were given free tours of Manado and Bitung, free shuttle buses to and from the city of Manado 60 kilometers to the west and the the surrounding areas and National Parks including Tangkoko, where they came face to face with Macaques and Tarsier Monkeys in their natural habitat.
On the 16th and 17th of August, a number of sailors from the Sail Indonesia fleet participated in establishing a new World Scuba Diving Record with 2486 divers remaing submerged for at least 25 minutes, which was witnessed by officials from The Guiness Book of Records.

A fantasic welcome ceremony for the yacht's crews was hosted by the Mayor of Bitung Mr Hanny Sondakh and after an amazing cultural and dance display by over 200 performers the participants then were invited to dinner and the evenings festivities went on until almost midnight. The participants were also treated to musical performances, fireworks displays, industrial and maritime tourism exhibitions, culture and food festivals, an undersea photo competition, a flower festival and a city parade.
All participants in Bitung were refunded their Sail Indonesia Entry Fee of $500 AUD and their Social Visas were extended.

Bali
Aaround 45 yachts were at Lovina beach in the north of Bali and participated in a number of tours, dispays and cultural activities and have now left for Kumai and other ports to the North on their way out of Indonesia..