At long last Mystic is back in Port owen
Neil and his crew arrived safely on Sunday 26 August at roughly 19h30 at Saldanha Bay. They were in high spirit and happy to be ashore after a 46 day ordeal on the high seas.
I can confirm that the parents (myself included) was as happy to see them on terra firma once again as they were.
Food and drinks as well as cigarettes were devoured as the cigarettes ran out 3 weeks from shore and the gas ran out 7 days from shore meaning that the ration packs had to become the food and there were no longer a cuppa to warm the body after a cold watch

Neil commented “did you know that the wind instrument stops working when the wind is above 50 knots”. Now that was the sentence that told the whole story, but fortunately they had Mystic Rhythm to bring them home.
Looking at her that night also told a story of hardships as the furler was lashed to the spare forestay and the tattered Genoa was lashed to the guard rail.
Fortunately other than that and the fact that she was wet inside she had a proud and spritely manner about her with the achievement of a double Atlantic crossing behind her

It took a bout of hard work at Yachtport in Saldanha to get her back to her former self and Neil, Mads and Patrick, a friend from Port Owen, brought her home on Wednesday 17 October.

Hard work is the word. The three musketeers worked themselves to a standstill this whole week (I might add that we also employed help!). Mystic now has a sweet smell inside and all the lockers have been cleaned and washed. She looks ready for her next trip???

The next trip will be decided on as the next 17 months in Gauteng (sic) passes but we are sure that there will be a next trip, the only consideration will be whether it will be the Atlantic again or will it be the Indian Ocean?

Enjoy the pics and until next time …….?????