Update May 2007: Meet Rhona and Hannes - our crazy friends who are joining us on our travels now.

Your Captain, Eric Toyer, (Australian) has spent many years at sea as a commercial fisherman, operating trawlers that he designed and built. He has always had a desire to design, build and operate his own yacht and his son, who is the fourth generation in a line of boat builders, worked alongside Eric to build ‘Amarula’. Eric is a Naval Architect and Shipwright by trade and his greatest passion is the ocean and the natural beauty it presents. Eric has always had an interest in sailing and has been sailing regularly since he & Lynne bought their first catamaran together in 1994.

                Eric’s qualifications and experience – click here

First Officer is Lynne Sands (English), Eric’s wife. Lynne and Eric met in Dar es Salaam in 1993 when she went there to teach at the International School of Tanganyika. As well as being a teacher, Lynne is a trained Counsellor and her greatest passion is travel. She is a qualified Coxswain and has been sailing with Eric since they bought their first Dart 20 catamaran together in 1994. Since then they have owned a 10metre cat, an Elite 11 cat and now their own unique 18metre cat. Lynne managed the administrative side of the catamaran project.

        Lynne’s qualifications and experience – click here

We have realised our dream and enjoyed sharing our 'home' with various guests in the waters around Dar es Salaam and occasionally further afield over the past 4 years. We are now going sailing furtehr afield starting with the Tanzanian and Mozambique coast then across to Madagascar and back to Dar by November time, then who knows.......

Why not crew with us to really experience what it means to be a live-aboard, blue-water cruiser?