Cape Town 19 February, 2009
I don’t remember the exact words, but Joseph Conrad wrote something about ports, that they are useless, and that ships do nothing but go to ruin there. God, I agree with him on that! They become so sad, it’s so unnatural when they struggle with the mooring lines. They look as if they were dreaming about the open sea...  
Anyway, the bottom is already clean, I have brand new zinc, the battery indicator works as well (thanks to the crew of Nashachata!), but unfortunately one of my loudspeakers has died, and the alternator will have to get “cured” tomorrow.  Oh, well, I cannot omit the famous white duct tape. A miracle, isn’t it?

When I was walking to my yacht, there was a seal swimming by the pier, it was so close to me! These seals are really charming!