It’s a 26 hour day today as we turn the clocks back 2 hours to Falkland Island local time. We have been steaming west from South Georgia into a force 8 gale with sleet and snow for the last 3 days and the prospect of laying still alongside the huge floating barges that form the Port Stanley wharf, and a stroll on the beach after 72 days at sea in the Southern Ocean, is much like anticipating a summer holiday or the start of a long vacation.
But it’s not over yet, we still have to unload and reload out catch for the verification process, (That all takes about 3 days) take on fuel and stores and make ready for the long haul home.
- A small Patagonian Toothfish.
Rgds: John B.
September 1, 2009 at 6:48 am
The coffee is ordered, the cheese scones are baking, theres a bottle of sav blanc chilling, the cork been popped on a red, I can hear it breathing
There are shops here waiting for your custom
Get that boat into top gear.!!!
xox
September 2, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hi Richie,Yay finally on your way home soon,we cant wait.
Hope all goes well and you all have a safe & FAST trip home.See you soon.
Love Ray & Tasha