We made it in just about 1430 having to motor the last four hours. When I got up from my morning nap about 1000, the wind had died off and the only thing that was making us go toward St. Helena was the current flowing past the hull. Instead of starting the generator to charge the batteries, we started the engine to try and finally get the St. Helena. we'd been running this morning with the main sail out to the starboard side and the genoa was poled out to port. We'd been making about 2.5 knots when I went to bed(1.5 knots of it was current). By the time I got up, all the wind was gone and the seas had laid down to just about calm. Yesterday, to try and get some distance, we'd taken down the mainsail and pulled up the spinnaker. In 6 knots of wind, we were doing about 3.5 to 4 knots. Not bad at all for a 25 ton boat. Today, we were out of luck. If the wind we had had stayed the way it was, we'd have made it here on Monday. Instead, it was Tuesday. total of 1282 miles in 11 days. Not really that bad. In total, we'd run the engine about 8 hours since leaving Walvis Bay on Friday the 12th. We pulled in this afternoon and were greeted by a radio call from Rutea who offered to hook out mooring lines to the huge mooring buoys in the bay. They are huge but there us no way to get a line to the ring on the top. Most mooring buoys have rings on the top that you can pull out(attached to a line)but not these. Without their help, we would have had to go into the water to hook up. During the trip in, I'd called Port Control about coming in and once we got close, they told us to pick out a buoy and call once we were set. The dock for getting to shore is so rollie that a ferry boat comes out and takes you in(fee of $2.00 pounds per person for a round trip ride). The Port Control had called them to come out and get us so we could get checked in. About 30 minutes later they showed up. We were joined by Ruthie off Rutea that was going on a Whale Shark Tour. She showed us where the Port Control/Customs office was. Checking in was easy and we were sped along our way as both offices were preparing to close. Port Control/Customs even gave us a nice map so we could find Immigration faster. We were in and cleared by 1600. We set off to find some cold drinks and some food to fill out hungry stomachs. We ended up at Annies, a small restaurant that some cruisers said was fine and others had hated but for us, the meal was just fine. As we had no money(they are used to it) we opened a line of credit so we could eat and pay for it tomorrow. Other cruisers showed up as we ate as it's also the place that you take your laundry for cleaning. Geramar was there licking up theres. They had left the same time we did but being a much faster boat had gotten in three days before us. Whed we got back to the dock for the ferry(along with several other cruisers)we were told it had blown it's impeller and was being repaired. About 45 minutes later, it showed up just fine and we got a nice dry trip back to Zephyr. Time to clean up so it was off to the head to shave and the stern head for a shower. There hadn't been time when we got here and that was fine as I sweat throughout the afternoon as we walked through town. We are definatley back in the tropics. All the portlites are open as are the hatches to try and get some air inside to keep us cool. Tomorrow, its back to town to get money exchanged. We need British pounds to pay our food bill as well as the anchoring fees and Immigration fees. Its not going to be cheap here. --------------070105010105040305050203--