HONIARA I   GUESTS COMMENTS Guest Comments Honiara I Reference Letters ‘Many thanks to Adele and Pierre for an unforgettable cruise. Excellent instructor and a charming hostess. Hope to see you again down south or in the Mediterranean.’ Lynda. ‘Infinite thanks to you both for your exceptional contact, your open minds and your experience. Hope to see you again in other places around the world! Joan. ‘Thanks to Adele for embellishing our vacations and to Pierre for making our training fun. Very good mix. We felt at ease right from the start.’ Chantale. Guest Comments ‘Dear Adele and Pierre, thanks for this soothing, wonderful and beautiful. It’s your personality that that made it all possible and I’m very grateful for that. The islands were jewels and the rum and coke was relaxing. The Thai cooking was the best I’ve ever had. And the conversations were very interesting.’ Genevieve. ‘Dear Adele and Pierre, this trip was very important to my father. Thank you for your friendship and your warmth. You have made this a beautiful vacation. You are two nice and good persons and it was a real pleasure to be in your company for the week. P.S. Our little girl Celeste has made major progress in learning to walk on your boat!’ Marianne. ‘To our newest friends, Adele and Pierre: Thank you for your companionship and cooking tips. You have treated us like royalty and shown us some of the best little secrets of the Caribbean. It will take us weeks to work off all the food you have fed us! It was an absolute perfect getaway and we will be back.’ Chris and Stacey. ‘Thank you for a wonderful experience for my children and me. This voyage was just what I was hoping for: the interesting sights, activities, and even the cooking lessons!! Also we appreciated your tips on sailing and look forward to trying it again with you in the future.’ Dick, Katie and Brendon. ‘This trip was a great introduction to sailing. I don’t know if I could get the same instruction elsewhere!’ Brendon. ‘Dear Adele and Pierre, although we traveled with experienced boating people, you have made our first sailing vacation a marvelous experience. Your knowledge and expertise completely took our fears away! Given the weather in the beginning of the week, that did not appear that that would be an easy feat!! Your hospitality was so appreciated by us. You made us feel immediately welcomed into your home, which is immaculate. Your culinary expertise is unsurpassed; I appreciated you giving me your recipes. My only regret is that you won’t be in our kitchen cooking the meals. In closing, let us say that it was an absolute pleasure spending a wonderful week about Honiara I, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future. We wish you great success!!’ Eleana, Karen, John and Jack. Dear Adele and Pierre: we were very pleased with our charter. My wife, two daughters and I had an absolutely wonderful time. Pierre and Adele are very personable and friendly. They did everything they could to make us comfortable and accommodate our quirky schedule of activities. The yacht was comfortable, clean and extremely well maintained. The quality and presentation of the meals served on board was excellent. My daughters, who can be fussy eaters, cleaned their plates at every meal and delighted in the cuisine asking for recipes for several of them. In addition, Adele cleverly and tastefully adapted recipes to accommodate one of my daughter’s lactose-intolerance. Quite a feat! All in all they were wonderful meals that you’d expect in a top restaurant. Pierre and Adele were wonderful. We recommend them enthusiastically. As I mention above, food, friendliness, the trip itself everything was superlative. In addition, their personal attention was extraordinary. I offer a couple of examples of the lengths they went to help us. Before we sent Pierre an e-mail mentioning that we’d like to attend Palm Sunday service at an Episcopal Church and did he have any ideas. Pierre proceeded to search out Episcopal Churches in the area of our sailing, the sailing times to them, how it would affect our itinerary and then made the best recommendation. We thus were able to attend the Palm Sunday service on St. John without missing a beat for a great sailing charter. Another example: after the charter, I sent an e-mail to Pierre mentioning that I had lost on one of the flights back home a trip diary that I had been maintaining and that included the entries regarding our trip which I hand copied from Pierre’s ship’s log at the end of each day of our trip. Pierre laboriously and with much time involved typed up all the log entries and e-mailed them to me. It was quite an effort and so very much appreciated so that we could assemble our family photo albums of the trip with commentary (as we do for all our family vacations). In closing, I can only say that you would do very well to recommend Pierre and Adele to your other charter clients. Please feel free to contact us at any time. Christopher, Illyria, Juliana and Margaretta Adele and Pierre: thank you for a fabulous sailing and adventure on your beautiful Honiara I. The quiet anchorages and coves you selected were all very pretty. We learnt much about boat handling and navigation in the Virgin Islands, such that we feel more comfortable about trying this on our own sometime soon. The weather was perfect (a little warm)and we appreciate so much your wonderful care and hospitality. The cuisine was absolutely fabulous. It was special for us to be treated as guests and friends. Gail & Thomas. Year 2007 Guests How can I begin to explain how much you have done for us. Our fifth anniversary has been the best... You are the best! You have passed our expectations, we did all the things we wanted and more. Adele you are my new girl friend soon to be my old girlfriend. Pierre, you understand my husband, you keeped him involved and feeling good, and you keeped his beer ICE cold, not so easy in the warm Caribbean weather. You both are the best, we will never forget you!!! We will be back. Jim & Sheri. Thanks for making our first trip in the Caribbean so much fun and interesting.We enjoyed eery minute and will fondly remember our dinner hour, the chat sessions and your fun attitude about liing and sailing in these beatiful islands. We hope we can do this again. Kind regards, Carol and Bruce. Dear Adele and Pierre, unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and so must this unforgetable week. We are returning home well rested, more knowledgeable about sailing and extremely well fed. Adele and Pierre are marvellous cooks. The snorkelling was wonderful -we'll never forget the turtle that Pierre spotted and the barracuda. Your boat is immaculate which is another indication of the pride you take in all you do to proide your guests with a memorable experience. Thanks again, Caroline and Jean-Marc. Cathy and I are new together, so we wanted agreat experience to remember forever, and I don't think we could have come up with a better one. Adele you are the perfect partner for Pierre and the charter service. Your cooking is out of this world. Both of you have a love of the sea, a love for each other and a love of the Virgin Islands that you you have to share with other people. We will cherish these memories forever and will remember you fondly forever. Cathy and Larry. Our first Caribbean sailing experience has been a delight.So many firsts: first spinnaker sail, first painkiller, incredible snorkelling and sailing. Een the barracuda stealing "Armand's" (Pierre) sunglasses. Fabulous food, fantastic company and fun, fun, fun. What a great week! We felt truly spoiled. Will remember this trip always. Patty, Doug, Vicky and Wylie. Our first cruise, and you really showed us how to relax with two kids. We celebrated our 15th anniersary in style because of you. It was a joy and pleasure from the start. We really appreciated the sailing lessons and stories. The cooking was truly amazing. God bless! Rick and Stephanie, Trey and Madison. What a wonderful and amazing week!o You taught us about sailing, showed us beautiful places and treated us to wonderful meals and amazing company. Thank you for your fantastic hospitality and friendship. We will come back. Steve and Christine. "Boundless skies stretch to contain the warmth of your boundless embrace - for adventure, for laughter, for the comraderie of life itself." As a team, you are superb companions, trusted teachers of eager explorers, and after six days, good friends. Always delicious and flavorful cuisine. We know we will always have a home to isit on the water. Fondly, Jeffrey and Jane. Thank you so much for a wonderful vacation. You made our honeymoon awesome. The snorkelling was the best we've seen. You are gratious hosts: great food, great drinks and even better conversation. Thanks for sharing your stories and experiences with us. All the best, Noelle and Mark. Our vacation on Honiara has exceeded our expectations. The sailing was superb, every meal a culinary masterpiece, deserts to die for. Your enthousiasm for snorkelling led us from one underwater wonderland to another. We loved recounting the fish and the flora that we saw. The best part was the conversation and the comraderie. We felt like member of your family. We will tell stories of our adventures and when we need some cheering, we will think of you. Stee and Daphne, Jerry and Susan. Our best trip yet! The snorkelling was fantastic! Adele's brownies made Greg's trip. Kevin really appreciated the time Pierre took to teach him some sailing and loed the opportunity to take the helm and give orders to the rest of the crew. Thanks for a memorable trip! Greg and Christine, Kevin and Marie. January 2008 Hi 'Broker', It was fabulous! Adele and Pierre are awesome. The bed was comfortable, the food was to die for, gained lbs, and VI is a great place. We loved all the snorkeling, shopping and sitting around and eating! Adele works so hard and Pierre is always on hand to do whatever. I would highly recommend this to anyone. Thanks, I'm glad you handled our charter, it was a dream vacation. Stephanie and Don