Website updated July 23 2010
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Welcome to our web site, Sail Indonesia is an annual Sailing Rally now in its tenth year that begins in Darwin every year in the middle of July. Your departure from Darwin is the beginning of a three month program of linked events across Indonesia and these events are supported by the Indonesian Central Government and the Local Government Centres at the destinations you will visit as you cross the country.
Sail Indonesia is a web based event and this English language web site is to promote, co-ordinate and organize our Yacht Rally. |
For 2010 Sail Indonesia is managed in association with Sail Banda, The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP), The Navy Force of Indonesia, The Indonesian Marine Foundation Yayasan Cinta Bahari (YCBI) and The Indonesian Sailing Federation
The Sailing Federation's Darwin-Banda-Ambon Race Program program with a total prize fund of $5000 will leave Darwin with the Sail Indonesia Rally yachts.
All details including the Notice of Race and Race Entry Forms are now available from the ISF web site and for all enquiries and information please email us here at Sail Indonesia.
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Always check our NEWS page for the latest News, Information and Updates for Sail Indonesia and Sail Banda and to see a summary of previous years rallies go to the HISTORY drop down at the top of this page.
Click on 2010 List of Entries to see the updated list of confirmed participants for 2010 and the 2010 program of events across Indonesia is detailed at 2010 Schedule of Events |
You will find links to many web sites, blogs, guides, diaries and accounts written by participants from previous year's rallies on our Stories page where and if you wish to contact other yachts planning to join our events please see our our Meetmarket page. |
Sail Banda is Indonesia's largest marine event for 2010 and we are proud to be working in co-operation with Sail Banda for this year.
See the Sail Banda web site and please see the Welcome Message from the Chairman of Sail Banda and click Banda to see a recent magazine article about our new destination.
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Sail Indonesia 2010 Rally Routes |
To see a Google map of our Rally Routes and stopovers from Darwin all the way through to Langkawi in Malaysia Click Here. |
Sail Indonesia 2010 will depart from Darwin on Saturday July 24 at 11 am and during the following three months you will be invited to participate in a series of Events and Cultural Festivals at the different stopovers across Indonesia on the islands of Timor, Banda, Ambon, Buton, Lembata, Wakatobi, Flores, Sulawesi, Bali, Java, Borneo, Belitung and finally on to Batam or Bintan just south of Singapore. |
| The Entry Fee for 2010 is $500 AUD, this is a "one off" cost and includes the cost your Indonesian Cruising Permit (CAIT), all persons on the yacht, the three month Sail Indonesia Rally program of events across Indonesia after you leave Darwin, Pre Rally Barbeque in Darwin, Rally Presentation and Dinner on arrival in Indonesia and the farewell celebrations at Raffles Marina in Singapore. There are no other fees or charges but please note that any costs for your Indonesian Visas, Indonesian Visa extensions, Port Charges, Additional Tours, On Shore Accommodation, Marina Bookings, Marina Fees or Transfers are not included in your Entry Fee. |
As in past years the Local Administration at each of these Indonesian islands has planned a number of events at the time of your visit which include a ceremonial welcome and dinner as well as cultural and arts displays and also dance performances. You will be able so see some of the more remote and less developed parts of Indonesia as you cross the country often away from the well worn tourist areas.
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At each of these stopovers you will be able to experience different peoples and their cultures, different lifestyles, different arts, different crafts, wonderful foods and of course different languages. You do not have to participate in all the events and the stopovers on our rally, after you enter Indonesia if you wish you can make your own way across Indonesia and just join the events that suit your schedule. |
Singapore is a wonderful stopover, ideal for all services, transfers and a break after your long voyage across Indonesia. Singapore is home to Raffles Marina, the Aseanarean’s 1st 5 Gold Anchor and only Bluewater Marina. Raffles Marina won the prestigious Asia Pacific Boating Magazine’s Christofle Asia Boating Awards 2007, as “Best Asian Marina”.
Every year, Raffles sends representatives from Singapore to Darwin, Bali and Batam, to brief yachters and give presentations regarding their marina and the procedures and regulations for your arrival in Singapore. Raffles representatives will again be at the Rally Technical Briefing in Darwin to answer any questions you may have.
Raffles Marina is working in partnership with Sail Indonesia and is the exclusive official marina stopover in Singapore and venue for the Sail Indonesia Farewell Party before you leave for Malaysia. |
Malaysia, Sail Indonesia is in partnership with Sail Malaysia, after our Sail Indonesia program across Indonesia ends at the end of October you can then sail on to Singapore then join Sail Malaysia which will take you from Danga Bay in the Malaysian state of Johor just north of Singapore, up the west coast of Malaysia again in a series of linked events finishing at the island of Langkawi in the second week of December.
There will an additional entry fee for the Sail Malaysia event and again you are welcome make your own way up the coast of Malaysia and just participate in the stopovers that suits you schedule. |
For information or to register your interest email us at mail@sailindonesia.net and please each time you email us use the name of your yacht in the email subject line. |
DISCLAIMER
All care has been taken in the preparation of the information on this web site, it is the best available to us however regulations are always changing and no guarantee of the accuracy of any information detailed on this web site can be given by Sail Indonesia.
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