I have some exciting news - Andy has sailed Spirit of Mystery down to Port Kembla where she will be loaded on to a ship for home next weekend.

I popped over on a Sydney Ferry on Saturday to check 'Spirit of Mystery' was in good order for a sail down the coast to Port Kembla. She looked her usual elegant self, and with a wake of the ferry disturbing her morning snooze, she came alive and bucked like a stallion in a field full of fresh grass. Charts [...]

I am always asked what have I been up too and it is hard to know where to start for there has been so much on. The best bit has been having time at home.

Andy is really well and still going out with Henrietta whom you may recall he met in Cape Town as she sailed through on the Arc Round the World Race. Talk about ships in the night - what would be the chances of that? He has stayed in Australia and now has a great job with Walkon Marine [...]