This was a photo taken in happier times last year when Mum & Dad were with us at the Whitsundays. It wasn't long after this that Dad was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer which was a devastating blow to the whole family.
Rees & I had departed Darwin on 18th July to sail with the Indonesian Rally & it was only 3 weeks into this trip when I received the dreaded phone call that Dad wasn't well. I then returned to Australia on the first flight possible & stayed with them for 5 weeks until I finally had to return to Indonesia to help Rees take our yacht to Malaysia. Unforunately, Dad deteriorated very quickly so by the time we'd returned to Australia once again in November, we only had limited time left to share with my dear old Dad who passed away on 18th December, a week before Xmas. Of course it was a miserable time for our whole family but after spending a few months with Mum, it was soon time for Rees & I to return to "Windy Spirit".
We'd left "Windy Spirit" at Puteri Harbour Marina, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia but we vowed that we'd sail back to Australia during 2010 to be nearer to our family, who mean the world to us.
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