Hello Everyone,
Despite the fact that it was difficult sailing today with the wind directly behind us, we had a great day. There was lots of sunshine, although it is now quite nippy, lots of lots of birds flying around us and diving for fish and the company of two other yachts that left East London with us. Bellatrix is a large aluminium Dutch yacht and is currently overtaking us. The crew consists of four older men and the daughter of one, a very pretty young financier. We suspect they have royalty on board as they fly the Royal Dutch ensign. They are very keen Springbok supporters and we watched the rugby with them last night when the Boks beat Scotland. We are also in the company of Leto, a gaff-rigged ketch with an Irish couple with whom we have become friendly. Leto was the mother of the Greek god twins Artemis and Apollo and they have named their two little dinghies Apollo and Arti. They are smaller than us and it is only fitting that Artemis V should be faster than her mother, as she is somewhat younger! We speak on the radio and will meet again when we get to Mossel Bay tomorrow night.
Fair winds to all.
Dimitri & Arti
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