This entry should had been posted a couple of weeks ago, but because of some technical problem getting the photos, the entry was delayed.
After staying in Manila for a few days, they headed toward their second port-of-call, Singapore. It was through people from Manila that they came to know about SAFYC. I still remembered on the day of their arrival, they did not call on VHF Radio to request for entrance and just came right in and berth along one of the empty pier. Went over to the front desk and asked for immigration clearance. I kinda get a shock when I was called upon to meet them at the front desk. Directed them to sail out again to Angler Bouy for immigration at sea before coming back again. After their immigration, they came back again and their berthing was arranged.
The interview was conducted onboard his yacht and with limited English and with none of us speaking Japanese, we managed to complete the interview with more knowledge of his trip as well as how this dream of his is going to be fulfilled. After the interview, it's photo-taking time.
On the following day after the interview, they departed SAFYC and heads toward their next port-of-call, Phuket, Thailand. With our sincere best wishes, we sent off CAPT Hiroshi and his crew and bid farewell to their sailing yacht - YAIMA!
Nevertheless, have it ever come across your mind to sail around the world, be it in your luxurious yacht or just a small normal sailing yacht? Please do not get me wrong, I never have this idea, but now with this influence maybe I can dream about it, haha... ;p
This Japanese man CAPT Hiroshi Maeda, dreamt of sailing around the world twenty years ago. It was only about eight years ago that he started planning for this dream trip of his, together with his youngest son and a staff from his company. Most importantly, guess what? It's going to take him three years to sail around the world. They departed their hometown in Onkinawa, Japan and headed toward Manila, Philippines. If I dun remember wrongly, it took them about ten days to reach. All the details and data, I have kinda forgotten, been awhile already, hopefully my memories dun play tricks on me. ;p
After staying in Manila for a few days, they headed toward their second port-of-call, Singapore. It was through people from Manila that they came to know about SAFYC. I still remembered on the day of their arrival, they did not call on VHF Radio to request for entrance and just came right in and berth along one of the empty pier. Went over to the front desk and asked for immigration clearance. I kinda get a shock when I was called upon to meet them at the front desk. Directed them to sail out again to Angler Bouy for immigration at sea before coming back again. After their immigration, they came back again and their berthing was arranged.Over the next few days, when they were here, I tried my best to help them out in term of logistics, repairs, etc. The captain was extremely pleased with my attitude in going all the way and out of the way to help him out. It was only during his last few days in SAFYC that I learnt about his dream and his mission. Our Marketing department decided to have an interview with him to know more about him and his round the world trip. We know that he is going to sail round the world because his sailing yacht have words written all over.
The interview was conducted onboard his yacht and with limited English and with none of us speaking Japanese, we managed to complete the interview with more knowledge of his trip as well as how this dream of his is going to be fulfilled. After the interview, it's photo-taking time.On the following day after the interview, they departed SAFYC and heads toward their next port-of-call, Phuket, Thailand. With our sincere best wishes, we sent off CAPT Hiroshi and his crew and bid farewell to their sailing yacht - YAIMA! For those who understand written Japanese, we may like to visit their website to take a look - Challenge Around The World Dream Sailing
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