Knysna
March 22nd, 2019 – It was a dark and overcast morning when the Nomadic Rose left the warehouse.
After 3 frustrating weeks it finally left Knysna Marina.
On April 11th – Captain Axel, Skipper John Young and Cracker embarked for Cape Town! Axel puked only once.
cape Town
April 13th – Axel and the most of the crew arrived in Cape Town and start addressing the smallish particulars that, although tolerable on the 600km Knysna to Cape Town journey, would be quite irritating on a transatlantic voyage. Little things: water makers, pumps, ice makers and electricity for instance. As a blog writer I really value electricity.
April 15th – Doug Thorne (me) arrives from Ottawa and there is much rejoicing and slapping of backs. Once it is realized that Doug has little to contribute other than blog writing the celebration dwindles, but you can’t take back a back slap. Captain John Young and Cracker the first mate are excellent guys and the consortium is starting to gel into a kind of gelatinous team already.
April 16th – The electrical problems look like they’re not going away until next week. Kai, the electrical apprentice dude, has swept in to save the day and has pretty well everything working and to spec over the next 2 days. The lads are grateful and a large cloud of frustration has lifted from they’re lives. All the broken dreams of the trans-Atlantic excursion actually look possible! But not until next Thursday. Customs and insurance issues have raised their ugly procedural heads.
Nothing much is going to happen until next Thursday’s launch I’m afraid. Stay tuned comrades.