This picture was taken by Rob.

The flag was at half mast here today as Wanderer III and Thies and Kicki departed South Georgia for Tristan de Cuhna and the Ascensions. They have lived here for 26 months and have been a large part of the small community at King Edward Point. They has been cruising the world for 30 years in this famous yacht.

Both talented , friendly and generous individuals who live a very simple life immersing themselves in remote places of the world. It is a sad day for everyone on base who very much enjoyed tea and cake aboard Wanderer III. Their slideshows were stunning showing us parts of the world and island that many will never visit. It was not possible to persuade them to stay unfortunately.

Kieron putting a shot line in on a promising sonar signature.

Sam and myself were on the jet boat doing the sonar search for the hopper with Robert and Kieron so we followed them out to Hope Point. The rest of the base waved from land setting off out of date flares. I must admit to having tears in my eyes. What a stunning day to leave with a beautiful sunrise and cloudless blue sky. The film crew from GEO was also on the boat and filmed the departure.

The guys ashore did the standard base mexican wave from shore and on the jet boat with the two on Wanderer replying with a two person wave! After they had dissappear from sight and stopped motoring (they only carry 20 liters of fuel) Theis got on the radio to thank us for the farewell I think Kicki was too emotional to get on the radio.

Today was Shrove Tuesday so Al and Sam made 10’s of pancakes which were a delicious after dinner treat made from eggs from the Pharos.