Position on 28 Feb 2009 at 1400 UTC: 33 deg 42.2 S, 005 deg 03.4 E.

Our voyage is now three weeks under way in which we have covered 2845 nautical miles. This gives an average of 135 miles per day. Considering that a considerable amount of the distance has been covered with the wind from ahead this is not too bad a performance. Another catamaran that left at the same time is about 3 days behind and slightly more to the south.

On Thursday when we crossed the 0 meridian we officially entered the Cape West high seas weather forecast area. Not much seemed to change. But now, three days later, things are a little different. Several cold fronts have passed fortunately without much unpleasantness. Although today has been very cold and grey with rain all day. Constant watch is kept on the weather and much time spent in obtaining updated weather data.

The infamous Cape of Storms lies ahead as our destination. From our present position we still need to sail more to the south to achieve a suitable approach to Cape Town. A cold front near Tristan da Cunha may have the key. Get it right with some north west wind and it could be perfect. Get it wrong and we may arrive in Saldanha or Agulhas. Ahh that's sailing.

Cheers.
Tom
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Ons is vandag 3 weke op see. Ons hoop daar is nog net een week oor. Verlede nag het ons teen n sterk suid ooste wind ingeseil in die reen. Vanoggend is die reen weg, maar steeds bewolk. Ons seil nou in teen 'n matige oostewind.

Alles is wel en ek begin nou al die dae aftel. Baie geluk aan Nelia met die slaag van haar finale CA-eksamen!!!

Liefde en groete.
Pierre.
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Ola!

3 weeks at sea today! From yesterday's daily email, the wind has changed direction a few times and we also had rain, something that Cape Town wants I hear. No rain now, but still overcast. The going is a bit bumpy, but at least we're heading east towards Cape Town.

Hope to see you all soon.
Andre