It’s “Ship Day” – the locals term for any day the RMS St Helena arrives.

Luckyfish is like a beautiful girlfriend, with some bad habits. The crossing to St Helena had been her maiden ocean voyage and it had exposed some issues.  You can’t love a girl who burps farts and whinges. These habits would have to be addressed and fixed at St Helena before we continue. Luckyfish had performed incredibly on the passages from Cape Town to St Helena. Safe, seaworthy, self-steered all the way, strong cross-winds at times but no sense of capsize risk, or broaching/pitch-poling. If only the Beam 4 slippage can be fixed and the noise from the gaffs, then she will be the Miss World of cruisers.

We will be remaining on the island much longer than planned. From a cruising perspective, if a place takes 8 days to get there then you should stay one month!. Plan to spend at least 3 times the voyage length, at your destination. Each one of us is assessing this lifestyle, in our own ways, to see if it is “for us”.