017 03 E,
0700 ZULU TIME

Sun, 15 knots, SSE direction

Oh, how happy I am to be at the sea again!!! Southern Africa was miraculous and people were wonderful. I am grateful to everyone for their help and kindness.
I would recommend Royal Cape Yacht Club to anyone. I will always remember the view which I had in front of my eyes when I passed the port heads. And the tremendously beautiful Table Mountain. Cape Town itself is one of the nicer large cities which I have seen.
I had to climb the mast twice just before sailing out. Sławek brought me the rest of my shopping which I had no time for before; I was visited by friends from s/y “NOMAD” – Wolf and Doris (I saw them last time at the Cocos Islands); Ivan Fauconnier (yes, dad of that famous French sailor) made me a copy of data about the way ahead of me, and about the Caribbean themselves.
My hands are a bit “fresh”, they ache from cables; I need to get used to the rhythm once again – I have about 50 days at sea ahead of me (if everything goes fine) so I guess I will have enough time to do so, hahaha...