Made it after a fantastic sail round the Cape. We could not have been made any more welcome and are about to have a meal and good nights sleep. This is Eliot on the veranda with the marina in the background. I was going to do a big blog at sea but felt pretty ill - never takes long to lose the sea legs.

Cheers Pete

We are beating into Simons Town after an exciting passage round the Cape of Good Hope. It's so good to be at sea again after such a frantic time partying and working on the boat in Cape Town. Hope to be alongside by darkness and will do a proper blog tommorow.

Cheers Pete

Hi All - Happy New Year; I am sure 2009 will be a good one for us all and I can tell you that it has been outstanding so far. I will do a proper blog once I get a bit of time but for starters we are now working hard on Spirit of Mystery to get her ready for the next leg. Tracey, Gina and the kids flew back to the UK on Friday evening after a wonderful time together and since then our focus has been Australia.

At the moment it looks like we will be leaving Cape Town for Simons Town on Thursday for we should have a North Westerly to carry us down the coast. This should make a nice shake down for the boat and of course give us a chance to work on our sea legs. Simons Town will be a short stop or really a staging post for a weather window to head off into the big blue yonder and Melbourne.

Cape Town could not have been better and I will write it up later - possibly tonight - but I have to say that the ocean is starting to call and the urge to get out there is building by the day. Cheers Pete