Well, it is too late for Merry Christmas but we hope the New Year has started well for you all and we wish you all the prosperity for the remainder of it and beyond. It is almost two years since we have last been at Ngaroto but we have not forgotten you and we sometimes talk about the old good days in the Waikato. We live close to the water now at Half Moon Bay.

Wojtek is attending a local college and I still teach at Onehunga High School.

Last year was a mixed bag, as unfortunately my mother has died and I had to travel to Poland for the funeral. We are still sailing here, though not in the club as during the term I could not find time to take Wojtek to races and regattas but he is learning a bit of windsurfing. We also sail on the Hauraki Gulf in a small keeler (Raven 26), and last week we had a big trip to Rakino island, Coromandel harbour, Waiheke island and back to Auckland. The weather for the trip was perfect and it was really enjoyable. The enclosed photographs are from the aforesaid trip, during which we saw a multitude of different marine life, including gannets, penguins, some sort of petrel and even a whale, which we were unfortunately unable to capture on camera.

Once again best wishes for New Year,

Jacek and Wojtek Krzyzosiak