March 20th. 2005, Am, Jeannette Nieuwenhuijs

Captain Mike and his guests on Nepenteh


Jeannette,Hanny and Lex


Jeannette, Eli and Beatrijs


All the crew upon arrival, all smiles

My good friend ,Captain Michael Del Marmol invited me to go in tandem with him to accommodate his friends and guests, for the morning sail. He wanted to go to No Name Harbor and raft up for lunch. We sailed towards No Name, but the wind was light, and it looked like time will not allow me to do the rafting at No Name and make it back for my 2 pm charter. So I suggested abandoning the original plan. Captain Mike suggested rafting up right there by the channel, reluctantly I agreed so I do not disappoint Mike's friends. While rafting, a motor boat wake had the boats rub each other and my rub rail on the port side got damaged. Well the good news, there was no structural damage, and no body got hurt. I did my best not to allow this to spoil the mood of the trip. The group had a good time and all of them wrote kind words in my ship's log.
Here is what they wrote:

Wonderful Day! Unfortunately a bit of wild west. All because of Mike the cowboy. Hope things will sort out, we are a bit worried about the damage done.
We did some paparazzi picture taking,
Jeannette Nieuwenhuijs

Great day, Thank you, Eli Reissner

Thank you very much, we loved the sail
Hanny and Lex Nieuwenhuijs

Thanks a heap for a delightful sailing day. Sailing in a sail boat after working on a 10,000 ton steamship is like flying a sailpane compared to an airplane.
The second oldest passenger, Fredrick Nieuwenhuijs

I had never thought to see Miami again after my visit last year, but here I am and I love every minute. Thanks a lot
Fredrika Nieuwenhuijs, (85) The oldest passenger on the ship

Also present was Beartijs de Waard