The night before Departure

Packing is almost complete. We will be close to our 46kg limit with all the sports gear. The toughest part is the number of pairs of shoes: - gumboots for sailing/zodiac landings, crocs, ski boots, mountaineering boots and tramping boots/running shoes were pretty essential. There wasn't room for dress shoes so we will Tango in tramping boots (I never could dance anyway).

We may have an extra day in Ushuaia as Spirit suffered a knock-down east of the Falklands and had to put into Port Stanley for repairs. She is now sheltering in a bay on the southern side of the Falklands waiting for a weather-window to dive through the Lemaire Strait.