Bye.

Safe journey.

Scotty


"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
. ..
Ship arrived in port this morning. 3 days to load stores,
marine cargo,
workboat and 12 containers of assorted crap (AKA scientific
equipment)
before we pull the pin for sea trials.

For you guys interested in moorings, we're putting a few down
in 4800m
of water. Top of the string is 1000m under the surface. I may
get time
to take some pix when we dump them but usually I'm too busy.
Hopefully
we'll recover some we dropped last year.

Back shoreside sometime in January if all goes well. If it goes
pear-shaped, we'll either be back earlier, or a lot later.....

Have a good Christmas & New Year. I know the climate sucks this
time of
year for most of you, but so sad, too bad. It'll be perfect
when I get
into Fremantle, West Aus, after which I'm heading to the
Margaret River
wineries, Albany and Esperance where the water is crystal
clear,
there's granite headlands and perfect beaches, and almost no
people.

After that I'll return to Hobart and enjoy the perfect late
summer &
early autumn sailing conditions.

For those who've never seen an emperor penguin except on TV, or
watched
a sperm whale get ready to dive, or seen a big pod of minke
whales
cross your bow while weaving in and out of scattered floes, or
conned a
100m ship down an ice lead under a crystal blue sky - I hope
you enjoy
your office jobs, because I get paid for this.

Bye for now.

PDW