The weather is pretty messy here right now with thunderstorms coming from all directions. As I sit here tapping away in the container, the rain is pouring down outside and thunder is rumbling around outside. I came down in the middle of the night last night due to the onset of strong winds when normally things quieten down. We were awoken by the house dog whimpering outside due to the thunder.

It's all very unusual.

VESTAS Sailrocket 2 sits calmly outside patiently awaiting her first sail. To me she looks ready for it. On the launch day she loked pretty but I knew there were a heap of jobs that still needed to be finished... or even started just to make her remotely ready for sailing. Some of those could only be done once she was in Namibia and the nature of the problem was properly understood. Well, now she is ready... and I am happy.

We have a good team here. It's a real luxury (now it's REALLY raining). I just sent them off on a desert trip as one of the local tour companies does tours in 8-10 BMW X5 4x4's. They often need delivery drivers to take the cars out to meet the guests. It's a great way to get out there and slide around in some pretty cool cars and a nice break from the non stop job list since they arrived. I wouldn't say that the days are hard here but we do go to bed pretty tired. We are on site all day every day but work at our own pace. If we get here early and get the jobs done... and the wind is good around sunset... then we all gear up and hit speed-spot on the wind and kite surfers. The boat takes all priority but then large aspects of the program are weather dependent. You have to take your chill time when you can as the wind machine can turn on and anything can happen thereafter.

So, there isn't a great deal to report until we get to go for our first sail. We were hopng to get out yesterday but we had weather like we are having now... well, not quite this weird.

As soon as things settle, we will be out there. rest assured that no one wants to more than us.

Cheers, Paul.