HMAS Toowoomba
Rowtec Support vessel "Desiderata"
Carl Theakston Mark Terry
Fri 12 Jun 2009 14:02
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Eventful day for Desiderata and her crew, with the
addition of Simon Prior as a crew member of Desiderata yesterday for the
remainder of the voyage our plans took a shift today, we had enough fuel to
sustain for 20 more days with an additional reserve of 15 days thereafter, the
initial plan was to head for Mauritius and refuel before rejoining the fleet.
Woodvale race office UK liased with RCC Canberra resulting in a rendezvous at
sea with HMAS Toowoomba. We took on additional fuel and fresh supplies and
enjoyed a couple of hours liberty aboard one of the Australian navys finest and
most impressive warships. The whole crew and officers of Toowoomba made a
great effort to make us feel comfortable and welcome for the duration of our
visit and showed great interest in the rowing race and voyage itself. We were
treated to hot showers and fresh food and enjoyed a tour of the ship. Simon was
given a medical examination after his 55 day ordeal and apart from one or two
issues was given a clean bill of health. We are now back aboard Desiderata and
continuing with our own voyage after waving farewell to Toowoomba who we would
like to express our gratitude and warmest thanks
to.
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