So, I sit here writing this with the laptop living up to its name. Over my toes the African sun sets over "speed-spot". There is no wind and it's deathly quiet. In the depths of the silence you can here the distant surf on a shore you can barely see. The bird-life in this place is amazing. Huge flocks wheel in the distance, Pelicans settle for the night on a spit that will soon be submerged... but no flamingoes.

 Off she goes! After yet another very busy week, we have just seen the new boat on her way to Namibia. We spent the week pulling her all apart and preparing her new home in the container. She goes from being a pampered pet living indoors to being a beast of burden that lives outdoors. Walvis Bay provides so many of the key ingredients that we need, but composite boat building facilities are not one of them. We have to take it all with us.

Post launch greetings to all.

Well, yesterday was brilliant and firstly I want to give thanks to all those who helped the whole day go off smoothly. Although we had planned to do a trial launch a few days earlier, the timing wasn't right and the tide was out. We did do a trial hoist with a crane and Mark Lloyd took a heap of great photos, which you can see in the Gallery. For that trial there wasn't a breath of wind so we were a bit nervous on the launch day as there was a little bit of breeze about.

We'd love to hear what you think of our new boat. Please leave your comments below.
Cheers, Paul.