Sailing back to SA - day 3

We have another glorious day—and i am sure it is going to be as hot as hell.

Had another lovely sailing day and night.

Last night changed to a 3 hour watch—everyone felt that 2 hours sleep was insufficient

Thankfully all the evenings have been clear with a near full moon and a sky full of stars..

Very beautiful.

And to be on watch as the sun rises is very special.

It’s so tranquil—everyone is asleep and there is just the noise of the yacht going through the water, the motion of this vast empty see, and the bright colours associated with a sun-rise.

Interestingly, i think i am enjoying this return trip more—maybe because there is no pressure to push the yacht to the limit, or because there are fewer of us on board, or because we are taking responsibility for our sailing decisions.---maybe all of these factors.

This morning saw a tanker go past us in the opposite direction—Volker made contact with them on VHF radio.

We are all very keen to go to Tristan da Cunha.

We should arrive there early Sat morning.

Intend to spend the day there.

Must walk up to the mouth of the Volcanic Crater, walk around the town, have a beer in the local pub---
Just hope the weather is good that we can anchor off the harbour---we cannot get into the harbour as we draw too much water.

Yesterday had a nice discussion with Shin and what he want to do once we arrive in CT

He really wants to stay in CT and open a Japanese Food Take away small kiosk.

It would be a 1 man operation.

All food would be prepared in front of the customer—on a gas fired Wok.

Customers will have option of :--

Rice, noodles, variety of fresh vegetables, chicken, meat or pork, and a range of sauce.

All food would be done on the Wok.

He says he saw this being done in Amsterdam—and it was extremely popular.

This was backed up by Amina—who said she regularly got food from these kiosks.

It is amazing how much travelling Shin, Volker and Amina have done.

They have all visited at least 80 countries around the world.

Shin says the most beautiful place he has seen is CT---hence his reason for wanting to stay there.

Volker only leaves for Germany at the end of March.

It is a real pleasure to have The Maxsea program on board,
We download the weather every day—and the Maxsea program calculates and shows us the optimum route to take, taking into account any restrictions we have placed.
Our restriction are a Max wind speed of 30 Knots, and a max wave height of 8 meters.

Need to go and do some Helming work.

Rex.