Cruising vs. delivery/Darwin

I think we can safely assume that having taken about a year, our adventure started off a cruise and is ending as a delivery in order to be home before the cyclone season begins. We certainly stopped off at and enjoyed exploring many many islands and atolls along the way – where there were islands and atolls to stop off at, bearing in mind that we ARE talking the Pacific here – you know, the largest body of open water on the planet.

I have been staggered to find that some individuals consider delivery a good option for the less skilled sailor and have been amazed that because we are making a run for home rather than cruise the Kimberly, we are being considered as taking the easy option.

To me, whether you are delivering a boat or cruising, it's all sailing – the skills you need to possess and use on a daily basis are surely the same, are they not?

I am now and will remain proud of what we have done, I consider it a major lifetime achievement and to those who think otherwise, I would love to see things from your point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my own bum.

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We are liking Darwin, it's a small city with a good feel about it. Here at the Tipperary Waters marina we are a five minute bus ride to the city center and we have most of the usual facilities here at the slip like laundry, showers, shop etc. We entered the marina via a lock, neither of us had experienced anything like that before. It was a straightforward process and not difficult at all.

The climate here takes a little getting used to, it's coming towards the end of the dry and boy can it get humid in the afternoon!

We think we may stay another week here before continuing South.
We are parked opposite Dan and Elise (Babar) from HYC and have enjoyed catching up with them, we believe they plan on staying a few more weeks.  It's handy to have someone tell you where things are and we're certainly in awe of their voyage up here from Hillarys. Good on you guys!
Meanwhile we have a blocked head - great fun in this heat.......NOT

More from us in a few days, meanwhile, thanks for reading :-)