2012 was a very busy year with three groups of yachts entering Indonesia at Kupang, Saumlaki and Talaud in the north to participate in Sail Morotai. This page mentions the Kupang group and those that went to Saumlaki are not mentioned in detail and for the yachts that went first to Talaud please see TBA

The rally barbeque was held at the Darwin Sailing Club at 6 pm on July 19 and was attended by over 330 crew members including representatives of the Government of the Northern Territory and the Indonesian Consul to Darwin Mr Ade Padmo Sarwono, his staff and other guests. Members of the Cruising Yacht Association of the Northern Territory worked hard to prepare dinner for almost 400 people.
JR Duty Free donated three bottles of fragrances which were raffled off on the night. The raffle proceeds amounting to $370 were donated to the Kupang Scholarship program, this amount of money pays the university fees for one student for one and a half years.
The manager of JR Duty Free Darwin Ms Carrie Wills drew the raffle and presented the prizes to the happy winners pictured below.

Carrie and Vince from Perrywinkle

July 27, the Australian Customs setup a one stop office at the Darwin Sailing Club training room from 9 am until 3 pm where over 100 yachts and 340 crew members were processed and cleared ready for their departure the following day at 11 am.

July 28 at 11am the starting gun was fired by the Director General of Indonesian Fisheries, Mr Syahrin Adburrahman and almost 100 yachts crossed the line headed for Kupang. As as happens every year some yachts were delayed getting away by last minute problems or late crew arrival and planned to to leave a few days later.

Harmony from Japan

Sea Dragon (AUS) crossing the start line

The start vessel - Spirit of Darwin

From Italy - Chloe at the start in Darwin

July 29 Both crossings from Darwin to Kupang and Darwin to Saumlaki were made in 15 - 20 knot southeast winds and were uneventful without any yachts experiencing problems, two Indonesian Fisheries Patrol Vessels Hui Macan Tutul (Kupang) and Hui Macan II (Saumlaki) sailed in company with the two fleets to operate as radio relay vessels and were ready to provide any assistance if needed.

Yachts began to arrive in Kupang in the evening of Monday July 30. On the Tuesday morning Indonesian Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Port Control (CIQP) set up a one stop office at the anchorage in a large room where all incoming formalities and immigration procedures for each yacht were completed in under 30 minutes, This was greatly appreciated by the participants as this avoided a six hour long procedure where each skipper would need to hire a car and guide then go to each office in turn and some offices are in the main port area at Tenau 15 kilometers from the anchorage at Teddys Bar. The Saumlaki yachts were also processed at a waterfront venue and assisted by Ministry of Fisheries staff.

Tuesday 31
Beginning at dawn yachts began to arrive in Kupang in a steady stream and CIQP worked steadily through the day to process the never ending stream of yachts and by 5 pm around 50 yachts had crews had been processed and cleared. There were some minor problems when the Customs boat engine was broken for a few hours and the smaller Q flags were difficult to see from the office in the open anchorage, some yachts waited longer than expected but overall the clearing process went smoothly.

In Kupang at 7 pm the Governor of Timor hosted a Gala Cultural Show and Dinner for all participants, it was a little early as only half of the fleet had arrived in Kupang but when one experienced hand was asked why replied "This is Indonesia" The party continued into the night with the crews enjoying the local Bintang beer.

Wednesday 1
The main group of yachts continued to arrive during the day as CIQP methodically worked through the incoming yachts and their crews. The participants that had arrived during the previous day arranged tours to local places of interest as well as to the inland areas. Some groups went to some local schools and some to the Emmanuel orphanage where a spontaneous collection on the spot raised RP 5,000,000 or around $500 AUD.
The national phone company TELKOMSEL arranges a service desk at the anchorage and every participant who asked was given a free SIM card and connection to the TELKOMSEL mobile phone network .
At 7 pm a second Dinner and Cultural Show for all participants was hosted by the new Mayor of Kupang Mr Joseph Salean - the usual speeches and prize giving was followed by the introduction of all the University Sudents from the Kupang Scholarship Program and Miss Yolvina Bimusu spoke in English to welcome all participants and to thank them all for their generous support of the scholarship program. During the presentation of the students Peter Wilcox, skipper of the yacht Mojo walked through the participants and a total of $300 AUD was donated towards the scholarship program. The Mayor and his official party left for other engagements - the party then took on an informal air with many participants singing on stage with the local singers while others trying to master the locacal dance steps and routines. The night was then left to the party animals who made merry long into the night.

Thursday 2
There was a slow start to the day as people surfaced from the previous evenings festivities and CIQP began the process of clearing in the slower yachts that had arrived during the night - some yachts had mechanical and electrical problems and the ever reliable Matthew and his crew made repairs with the minimum delay except for one yacht that needed a fuel injection pump which had to be flown in from Singapore. At the end of the day the one stop office arranged by CIQP was shut shut down and any yachts that arrived after this then had to wait at the anchorage until the CIQP staff arrived back from their usual offices.

Five on a motorbike

Free TELKOMSEL phone SIM cards for all

Skippers from 15 nations on stage

Kupang local dance group

Staff from the Kupang service desk

Kupang Scholarship students on stage

The anchorage in Kupang

Night dining at Kupang's Pasar Malam

Indonesian entry Akar Bahar

August 30
At this time the 2012 fleet of yachts are spread out across Indonesia with some still relaxing in Kupang and some already arriving in Lombok and Bali - so it is difficult to maintain contact with them at this time. Unlike other rallies there is no set schedule for all yachts with many yachts choosing to make their own way across Indonesia.

			Yacht Name	Nationality	Design	Length	Skipper	Route
		1	Ahu	Austria	Visonia 41	41'	Peter Schneider	Kupang
		2	Ainia	Canada	Bristol 45	46'	Bruce Clark	Kupang
		3	Albertina	Sweden	Gecco 39	39'	Bernhard Lindqvist	Kupang
		4	Alibi	France	Flores	42'	Jean-Pierre Cosson	Kupang
		5	Alida J	Australia	Delphia Yachts	39'	John Haafken	Kupang
		6	Alk	Netherlands	White	38'	Hans van Rijn	Talaud
		7	Altrove	Italy	Cutter	38'	Michele Piancastelli	Kupang
		8	Ambika	Sweden	Beneteua Oceanis 46	46'	Lars Odmark	Kupang
		9	Amulet	USA	Custom Brewer	44'	Chris Zingler	Tarakan
		10	Ananda	France	Fountaine Pajot	42'	Daniel Freneuil	Kupang
		11	Anastasia	Australia	Bavaria 44	44'	Peter Bravos	Saumlaki
		12	Australis III	Australia	Samson	52'	George Larfield	Saumlaki
		13	Avant Gard	New Zealand	Dickson	60'	Colin Cashmore	Saumlaki
		14	Babar	Australia	Beneteau Oceanis 444	44'	Drazen Barac	Kupang
		15	Beach House	USA	Switch 51	50'	Scott Stolnitz	Kupang
		16	Big Bandicoot	Australia	Jubert	55'	Philip Lacey	Kupang
		17	Blue Heeler	Australia	Hallberg Rassy HR39	40'	Wayne Sollars	Kupang
		18	Breakaway	Australia	Perry	43'	Alan Chalk	Talaud
		19	Caesura	New Zealand	Bob Stewart	40'	Christian Selaries	Saumlaki
		20	Callisto	Jersey UK	Amel	52'	Michael Last	Kupang
		21	Callisto (2)	USA	Cardenal 46	46'	Walter LeCompte	Talaud
		22	Candela	USA	Outremer	55'	Jim Logan	Saumlaki
		23	Catimini	Vanuatu	Island Spirit	40'	Roger Dennis	Talaud
		24	Chappie	Australia	Adams 40	40'	Malcom Tyrer	Kupang
		25	Charlene	France	Sun Odyessy 40 DS	38'	Bernard Levraey	Kupang
		26	Chloe	Italy	Swan 59	60'	Giuseppi Tuttobene	Saumlaki
		27	Christine Anne	Australia	Joe Adams	44'	Russel Millard	Kupang
		28	Comedie	Sweden	Hallberg Rassy 42	42'	Claes-Olof Kall	Kupang
		29	Cop Out	Canada	Privilege	42'	Ken Squirrel	Tarakan
		30	Cutting Edge	Australia	Seawind 1000	32'	Peter Bowman	Saumlaki
		31	Dalwhinnie	Netherlands	Colin Archer	42'	Franciscus Thiecke	Kupang
		32	Delight	Netherlands	Najad 360s	35'	Henri Teunissen	Saumlaki
		33	Destiny	USA	Island Packet	51'	Frank Gladney	Kupang
		34	Dol’Selene	New Zealand	Alan Warwick	48'	Brian Jolliffe	Kupang
		35	Ela	Austria	Schionning Wilderness	43'	Heinrich Hetzel	Talaud
		36	Esperanza	Netherlands	Koopmans	37'	Catharina Uphof	Saumlaki
		37	Evelyn Roberts	USA	Baba 40	39'	Robert Doering	Kupang
		38	Ever After	Gibraltar	Hallberg Rassy 53	59'	Tom Malmsten	Kupang
		39	Expeditus	Australia	Samson Marine	36'	Michael Lewis	Talaud
		40	Fayaway	Australia	Swanson 42	42'	Kerry Hughes	Kupang
		41	Fearless Hunter	Australia	Hunter	46'	Jan Jensen	Saumlaki
		42	Fee	Germany	Assmann	45'	Werner Lohmann	Saumlaki
		43	Freiheit	Austria	Bavaria 38	38'	Bruno Hammerler	Talaud
		44	Gabian III	France	Outremer 55L	53'	Etienne Fradin	Saumlaki
		45	Gadfly	Australia	Formosa 41	44'	Trevor Burridge	Talaud
		46	Georgia j	USA	Passport	50'	Kim Barr	Kupang
		47	Gracetown	Australia	Duncanson	37'	Christine Covich	Kupang
		48	Gromit	Canada	Olympic Adventure	47'	Michael Buratynsky	Kupang
		49	Guiding Star II	Australia	Adams	45'	Bryan Hocker	Suamlaki
		50	Harmony VI	Japan	Beneteau	50'	Sho Sugihara	Saumlaki
		51	Holdfast 7	Australia	Radford	45'	Peter Hodge	Saumlaki
		52	Hoopla	Australia	Home Made	43''	Nowicki Tadeusz	Kupang
		53	Imagine	USA	Sparkman and Stevens	47'	Stuart Stovall	Saumlaki
		54	Infini	USA	Westsail 43	43'	Michael H Beilan	Kupang
		55	Ipanema III	Italy	Bruce Farr	50'	Carlo Venco	Kupang
		56	Island Prism	Canada	Bradylmayr 36	36'	Jim Shortreed	Saumlaki
		57	Island Sonata	Australia	Lagoon Cat 380	38'	Kelvin Bean	Kupang
		58	Jemimah	Australia	Pacific 38	38'	Gunther Seidel	Bitung
		59	Jolie Brise	Australia	Magpie 34	34'	Robert Snashall	Kupang
		60	Kakadu	New Zealand	Rogeburg 45	45'	Graham Evans	Saumlaki
		61	Kastehelmi	Finland	Malo 46	46'	Heikki Asujamaa	Kupang
		62	Keris	Australia	Seawind 1160	38'	Michael McDermott	Kupang
		63	Kilkea II	Canada	Super Maramu 2000	43'	David Paul	Kupang
		64	Kokomo V	Australia	Roberts Classic	44'	Frank Hubbard	Kupang
		65	Leu Cat	USA	Lagoon 440	44'	Dave Leu	Kupang
		66	Liberte	Australia	Oceanic	46'	Steve Coleman	Saumlaki
		67	Lizzie	New Zealand	Coastal Design	65'	Rod Smith	Saumlaki
		68	Mabuhay	Switzerland	Beneteau Oceanis 42	42'	Paul Jung	Saumlaki
		69	Mai Tai 1	Australia	Crowther	36'	Brett Oates	saumlaki
		70	Manufaktum	Australia	Grainger	39'	Fredrich Zecher	Kupang
		71	Mary	Sweden	Joshua	40'	Ludvig Hammarberg	Talaud
		72	Masquerade	Australia	Broadhurst Catamaran	44'	David Broadhurst	Kupang
		73	Max	Australia	Harmonic 33	33'	George Watt	Kupang
		74	Metana	Australia	Benneteau 390	40'	Daryl Nelson	Talaud
		75	Mirus	Netherlands	Koopman	40'	Henk Wallet	Kupang
		76	Miss Behaving	Australia	Discovery 55	55'	Justin Page	Kupang
		77	Moana	Germany	Beneteau	40'	Jen-Uwe Haases	Saumlaki
		78	Mojo 3	Australia	Schionning Gforce	52'	Peter Wilcox	Kupang
		79	Mokisha	USA	Catalina 38	38'	Tom Collins	Saumlaki
		80	More Magic	Australia	Sun Odyessy 43 DS	43'	Christopher Morris	Talaud
		81	Mr John VI	United Kingdom	Bristol	32'	John Wolstenholme	Kupang
		82	Myriam	Canada	Bavaria 42	39'	Jerry Sabourin	Kupang
		83	Nefertiti	Australia	Roberts	52'	Barry Smith	Kupang
		84	Northfork	USA	Amel Super Mamamu	53'	Mark Hayden	Kupang
		85	Obsession Two	Australia	Formosa 46	47'	Grant McDonald	Kupang
		86	Odilon	Monaco	Passoa 50	52'	Jean Francois Bourely	Sumlaki
		87	Orbit	Denmark	Claus Weiss Fogh	43'	Ken Blok Jakobsen	Saumlaki
		88	Paikea Mist	Canada	Benateau Custom 50	50'	Michael Hanssman	Kupang
		89	Perrywinkle	Australia	Perry	43'	Mal Sciacca	Kupang
		90	Persian Sands	Australia	Perry Prestige	43'	Peter Neville	Saumlaki
		91	Raylah	United Kingdom	Island Packet 420	45'	Jeremy Elsom	Saumlaki
		92	Recluse	New Zealand	John Pugh	36'	Steve Burch	Kupang
		93	Relapse	New Zealand	Jim Young	50'	Mark Edwards	Kupang
		94	Renegade	Austria	Ocean 48	48'	Peter Mader	Kupang
		95	Rhythm	Canada	Dolphin Catamaran	46'	David Hill	Kupang
		96	Roxy of Stockholm	Sweden	Borgren 48	48'	Ulf Blencke	Kupang
		97	Rumrunner II	Australia	Cole	44'	Chris Hillier	Kupang
		98	Sara II	United Kingdom	Callisto 385	38'	John Chaundy	Kupang
		99	Saroca	United Kingdom	Bruce Roberts	54'	David Peters	Kupang
		100	Scallywag	United Kingdom	Orana 44	44'	Paul Mann	Saumlaki
		101	Scholarship	USA	Morgan	51'	Mark Haley	Kupang
		102	Scot Free II	Australia	Magpie 34	34'	Barrie Morgan	Saumlaki
		103	Sea Eagle II	New Zealand	Ganley Pacemaker	40'	Ian Walker	Saumlaki
		104	Sea Mist	Canada	Oyster 56	56'	John Ellsworth	Kupang
		105	Seadragon 2	Australia	Simpson Woodwind	40'	Gary Aro	Kupang
		106	Serendipity	Netherlands	One Off	44'	Harke van der Meulen	Kupang
		107	Serenity	USA	Tayana	52'	Gordon Cornett	Kupang
		108	Shuang Yu	USA	Catalina 400	40'	Ted Berry	Saumlaki
		109	Simply Sensational	Australia	Schionning	48'	Peter Webb	Kupang
		110	Shangri-La	France	Gibsea 126 Mk II	40'	Jean-Marc Jouannic	Kupang
		111	Shiralee	New Zealand	Seawind	35'	Paul Carpenter	Talaud
		112	Silver Girl	Australia	Tayana 42	42'	Chris Robinson	Saumlaki
		113	Sloepmouche	Belguim	Norman Cross	46'	Luc Callebaut	Talaud
		114	Solar Planet	Germany	Beneteau	50'	Swen Michel	Kupang
		115	Sostene	Switzerland	Michel Buttet	33'	Michel Buttet	Kupang
		116	Spirit	Netherlands	Bruce Roberts	49'	Gerjan Kraan	Kupang
		117	Sultano	United Kingdom	Swan	58'	Francesco Magliano	Kupang
		118	Tahina	USA	St Francis 50	50'	Frank Taylot	Kupang
		119	Taimada	Germany	Fountain Pajot	42'	Hans Muller	Saumlaki
		120	Tamata	Belgium	Alubat	44'	Giorgio Clerici	Saumlaki
		121	TeApiti of Chriska	Switzerland	Discovery 55	55'	Peter Heer	Kupang
		122	The Doctor	Australia	Atkinson	44'	Diana Neggo	Kupang
		123	This Side Up	USA	Kanter Atlantic 45	45'	Michael Reynolds	Kupang
		124	Thyme	New Zealand	Ganley Solution	41'	Simon Anderson	Talaud
		125	Tientos	Australia	Wilf O'Kell	60'	Keith Pennicott	Kupang
		126	Two Amigos	USA	Gulf Star 50	50'	Bruce Stevens	Kupang
		127	Uliad	USA	Kanter	53'	Stephen Erikson	Kupang
		128	Utopia II	Australia	Beneteau Oceanis 510	51'	Andrew Deely	Kupang
		129	Valhalla	USA	Fuji	36'	Terrence Sargent	Talaud
		130	Wanderer 13	Australia	Cougar Catamaran	48'	Albie Curtis	Kupang
		131	Wandoo 1	Australia	Maurice Griffiths	50'	Grant Scholl	Kupang
		132	Y Not	Germany	Contest 48	48'	Hans-Guenter Scholz	Saumlaki
		133	Zen Again	Australia	Ken Hayashi	34'	Mike Reynolds	Saumlaki
		Cancelled or Deferred until 2013
		1	Freedom
		2	L'Etoile De Lune
		3	Morning Tide 2
		4	Natsumi
		5	Nicone
		6	Riga II
		7	Silverthorne
		8	Shapirit
		9	Tiare Taporo III
		10	UPPS