There were three companies which assisted us in some sponsorship for the event, namely Southpact which supplied foul weather gear, Icom which supplied the VHF, HF and our communications package as well as Harken who gave us some additional discounts.

Without sounding bias, I would like to add that all of the products supplied by these companies performed exceptionally well and you can look forward to seeing these items on your boats in the future.

After leaving Brazil , the next item on the agenda was the 2006 Miami Boat Show. Although in my opinion, the show was substantially quieter than last year, we still sold two 50ft's and two 40ft's. In addition to this, we still have a number of interested potential clients.

The Miami show also gave Wendy and Craig the opportunity to meet existing as well as new clients. The highlight of the show had to be the enormous owners dinner, or what we would like to call the “gathering of the owners”, where our table at Las Ranchos stretched almost the full length of the restaurant, with nearly 30 people, the youngest of which was little 2 year old Hoku.

We look forward to seeing more of you at the next Show!