Greetings From St Paul

Lee sends a big hello to every from the beautiful island of St Paul, described by many as the most isolated piece of land in the entire world.

Finally Lee, Sasha and Kwela have achieved their first goal and that was to reach St Paul. They reached St Paul on Tuesday at sunset. They spent some time sailing fairly close to the island and taking some photos; and then for the sake of safety decided to put some distance between them and the island before it got dark and the level of danger increased.

Lee describes the island as incredibly beautiful, the sea is a beautiful turquoise color and there were a large number of seals that decided to accompany them for a while. The ladies celebrated this wonderful achievement by popping a bottle of champagne. Lee says that she had the best sleep in a long time after those two glasses.

Lee was getting ready to go on watch while we were talking and unfortunately was gearing up for a very busy few hours as once again the wind has died down. No wind obviously means that Bertie stops pulling his weight and the two ladies have to do his work as well.

By the time we spoke (11pm) they had only travelled two minutes away from the island and the volcanic crater was still looming black against the sky.

Now as the ladies sail away from this milestone it is with the knowledge that they are very nearly halfway and have reached their only midway goal. The next goal and land they see will be the glorious coastline of Australia which they hope to reach in 30 – 35 days.