What a terrific couple of days we have had in Darwin. Yesterday in doing my pre –flight checks I found that a  two of the four bolts holding the coupling in place have sheared = potentially a huge problem. I called Nafae, an Egyptian mechanical engineer and after a few words in Arabic he offered to come in on Sunday and take a look. Nafae was terrific and the problem is smaller than I expected, a rare but welcome event. Tonight we went to Diane and Murray’s penthouse in the tallest building in Darwin. We had a great evening even though Hugo broke  an earthenware ornament........exit stage left. After 4 hours I managed to get a new cable from the chartplotter down to the AIS. I still have new lifelines to install and a myriad of tasks to perform before we depart for Indonesia on Wednesday. We will be there for 40 days.

The great news of the day is that Maddie and Will will be with us for 26 days in December in Thailand. The agreement was for only 17 days so I am delighted that the kids want to be on board for extra time. We head iff ti Sri Lanka on the 2^nd January – exciting times ahead.

Love to all and happy 18yh to Nicole. Congrats to J & G on raising such a great kid – we all know what and effort it takes.

Xxxxx Guy & Simonne.

Guy & Simonne Sigs

S.V. Laroobaa