Port Elizabeth
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sun 25 Nov 2012 22:00
33:58.0S 25:38.0E
We are now at the Algoa Bay Yacht Club in Port
Elizabeth. The yacht club has a marina suitable for small boats but they
were concerned about the stress Anastasia would put on their pontoons in the
strong winds and so Ronny, an ex-commodore, met us with the club launch and
guided us to a berth alongside the fishing jetty. There, assisted by Ronny and Alan from Umineko, we secured ourselves using
our bow anchor chain wrapped around a concrete block on the shore, in
preparation for the 50 knots winds that were predicted. Brizo is
moored alongside, also with anchor to the shore. The strongest gusts we
have actually seen in the marina have been around 40 knots, so there has
not been any problem with the wind,
Thursday was Thanksgiving in the US and Brizo
invited all the ARC boats in Port Elizabeth to an international dinner
party. It had to be held on Friday because we had only just arrived on
Thursday afternoon and Thanksgiving dinner is a major affair that took Corrine,
Karson and the girls most of a day to prepare. They did roast chicken
because none of the boats has an oven big enough to cook a turkey for 18
people. The party was attended by representatives from all five
boats (USA, UK, Sweden, Switzerland and
Russia).
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