When I arrived back in Durban, I was not even surprised to find that two most hard-working members if this family had levelled mountains of tasks. Dad and Kathryn worked tirelessly putting fittings on, arranging the safety equipment, doing all the victualing for the delivery and so on.
First thing on Monday morning I had to write the theory exam for my SAS Coastal Skippers ticket. This meant a heap of cramming the night before, and another 4am morning to study. Straight after the exam I had to bolt to the airport to fetch Alex Ham- a friend who'd be helping with the delivery. As soon as we got back to the marina we hit the boat-work punch-list.
After rushing around on Tuesday morning for SAMSA safety certificates and such, I had my practical exam for my skippers. We were due to leave on Thursday,, so the pressure on this practical was through the roof. It went successfully
Fellow Boskopers, Andries Swart and Wentzel Coetzer arrived for delivery duty on Tuesday afternoon, and immediately got to work on the boat. It was all a mad rush, and after the umpteenth 14 hour day we were ready to go!
On the tail of a big Durban westerly, we set off for Cape Town...
Brennan out.
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