NaCL 7 C's

I was about 17 years old then, and now today sitting in Palau Micronesia, I can clearly remember a day working in my Dad's pharmacy.  That day at Drug Corner Pharmacy in Toledo Ohio, my Dad's Partner and lifelong friend Derek Duckworth handed me a riddle scribbled on a piece of paper that read: 


NaCL7C's.  


It's funny how simple random events years ago can make such an impression or randomly have some effect on the course of your life.


NaCL is the Chemical formula for Salt or Saline - - hence the answer to the riddle was: 


Sailing the Seven Seas.  


This past week with a transit of the Sulu Sea under my belt  and the sailing we have done  over the past two years I have completed sailing all Seven of the Seas.


The memory if Derek's riddle just popped randomly into my mind today.... and I sit and marvel once again at how select events are mysteriously planted in our subconscious and some how take part in our life's journey.


In Colonial times, the Seven Seas refereed to the Clipper Ship Tea Route from China to England was the longest trade route in the world. It took sailors through seven seas near the Dutch East Indies: the Banda Sea, the Celebes Sea, theFlores Sea, the Java Sea, the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea, and the Timor Sea. 

A Piece of Wall - The Story and Street Art of East Timor

I am very proud and excited to be sponsoring Chris Parkinson's Exhibit at the 2010 Art San Diego Fair.
 

Check out Chris's book and photo expose of East Timor here: http://peaceofwall.blogspot.com/  

My sister Ann is the CEO of the fair and a huge supporter of my friends at Arte Moris in Dili East Timor.   www.artsandiego-fair.com/ 
Together with a growing group of others our goal is to raise awareness and corporate sponsorship for a larger Arte Moris presence at the 2011 Art San Diego Fair.  

I am also very happy to announce that Arte Moris has just received an endorsement letter from Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, fully supporting and endorsing Arte Moris's 2011 participation in the Art San Diego Fair!


I encourage you to check out and learn a bit more about Arte Moris. It's hard not to see and get excited about what this group is doing for the youth in E. Timor. Simply amazing work!!

Check out Arte Moris at www.artemoris.org/about_us.htm

Yacht Aid Global...."Just Do It!"

Thank you Yong Tze Yee, Manager of Eatons Book and School Supply Store in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Your very kind and generous donation of: 100 educational laminated wall charts and about 100 hardback educational books for young children will go a long way in the remote fishing village schools of Indonesia.

By simply going into the School Supply store here in Borneo and requesting an impromptu meeting with the store manager we where able to get these supplies on board and bound for Remote Islands in Raja Ampat Indonesia. After a few minutes of sharing the YAG mission and the purpose for the books and materials, the manager was more than happy to clear out some of his back room stock.

Be Proactive! Just Do It! YAG! Yacht Aid Global http://www.yachtaidglobal.org/ Drop me an email at tforderer@msn.com and I would be happy to share with you how easy it is to get involved.

After our trip through Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya - West Papua this year I hope to supply YAG and the folks at Indonesian Yacht Services with some reliable contacts for boats going that way in the future to get involved.

What Color is Your Parachute for Teens!

http://parachute4teens.com/around-the-world.html

Check out Carol Christens Blog. Carol is the Author of the Best Selling Book "What Color is Your Parachute for Teens!"

She has a very nice entry on my Do What You Love program! Thanks Carol!

This book is amazing, I wish I had it when I was in high school in Toledo Ohio.

With Carol's help, I have just ordered a case of books. I will keep the books on board as we sail around the world and I will distribute them I meet with high school teens, encouraging them to Do What They Love!

Please also check out Carol's Facebook page it is loaded with Career Advice for Teens,


*Top 10 Career Books of 2007 (monster.com)

Website: http://www.parachute4teens.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/What-Color-is-Your-parachute-FOR-TEENS-Defining-Your-Future/386987411662?ref=ts

Blogsite: http://www.parachute4teens.com/blog.html

Do What You Love - Shan Tao High School

Had an awesome "Do What You Love" session with the graduating class at the Shan Tao High School in Kota Kinabalu - Borneo.

Here are some photos: http://dwylmentors.blogspot.com/

If you or anyone you know is really "Doing What They Love" and would like to participate in my webpage with a personal biography please let me know....

Palawan - Birds Nest Sentry

This young kid Stays on the sheer side of a limestone mountain, guarding the entrance to a cave. Inside the cave small swallow like birds make nests of saliva. The nests sell for big bucks to make birds nest soup.

A quick update!

Its been way to long since I have wrote on this blog. So many miles, so many great experiences over the past few months.

All going back to late November with my friends at North Cape Yacht Club where about 200+ people git together on a clod November night over the Thanksgiving weekend to reunite and raise some money for the NCYC Sailing school. Words can not explain what an incredible night it was for me personally to be back where I learned to sail and grew up.

We spent Christmas and New Years Eve crusing the Langkawi and South Thailand area. This was my second Thai New Years, the magic of the thousands of rice paper sky lanterns floating through the air highlighting the warm nights wind currents is a sight that sticks fondly in your mind.



I took a week and explored the temples of Cambodia, then back to the boat and on to the Philippines.

We just finished a great cruise in the Palawan area. Probally one of the nicest cruising areas I have been too. A combination of the limestone casts of Raja Ampat and the beautiful Anchorages and Diving of Komodo. Spectacular... I look forward to returning some day soon.

For now we are taking advantage of some down time in Kota Kinabalu Borneo. A time to get completely organized for our next 5 months out away from any marina "luxuries" like power. water and the security of being tied to a dock. Out there were we have to be completely self reliant...