Ready for departure

11 May 2013

Written by Gerben: ‘My job here in Cape Town is done. The last few days the whole crew worked very hard to get the ship ready for departure. Ten days ago there was a very long to-do-list but with hard work we now only have a few loose ends. I didn’t give myself, but also the crew, time to slow down. There was no time for relaxing, because everything that you can do in the harbour, you should do in the harbour; at sea you are dependent!
But all the hard work is rewarded if you see the ‘Oosterschelde’ now next to the ‘Europa’ and ‘Tecla’ in the harbour of Cape Town, with the Table Mountain on the background. Ready for the next leg of the around the world voyage.
But fist the open ship. It promises to be beautiful weather tomorrow. The eather is extraordinary good for the season in South Africa: little wind,
sunny and during the day temperature above 25 degrees!’