Hello all Darwin yachties,

I am a landlocked southern Territorian who is keen to learn how to sail, with a goal of one day owning a cruising catamaran. I have played around on beach cats as a young bloke, and more recently completed a 2 day sailing course in Sydney (31 foot monohull), and a single day's sail off Adelaide on a 30 foot cat. Apart from that, I'm a total beginner. Would any of you be willing to take a keen desert dweller out for a sail? I would be more than happy to pay for your tutelage, and/or cover costs for the outing/provide the lunch/drinks etc.

I plan to visit Darwin from Thursday Sept 27th to Monday Oct 8th, and would love the chance to sail any day, any time, as many times as possible!!! I understand that planning ahead will always be subject to weather, but as I'll be doing the big drive up from south of Alice Springs, any indication of the chance for a sail would be great.

Please reply if you would be willing to help me out, or you can suggest how I could line up a sail/sailing lesson (unfortunately Darwin Sailing Club are not offering lessons at present).

Thanks very much and I hope to meet some of you soon,

jim

Hi Don,

Thanks for your help. No luck from the yachting fraternity in Darwin as yet but I'll do some more inquiring when I ge up there.

Regards,
jim