I spoke with Martin at 8:00 this morning and he was pleased to report that they were well into the English Channel. The wind had come up and they were once again ahead of schedule expecting to arrive at Portsmouth Harbour sometime tomorrow morning. With any luck, family and friends will be there to meet them. They first saw land around 0400 hrs UK time this morning (he wasn't sure the exact time as he was asleep!) They will have an entertaining few days as the Cowes Regatta, one of Europe's biggest, is being held this weekend just off the Isle of Wight, across from Portsmouth. It is not clear how long the crew plan to stay in Portsmouth. It sounds like they are so close to the end they want to carry on to Amsterdam. Then again, once they've had a cold pint in Portsmouth, the plans may change! Those of us travelling to Amsterdam to meet them hope they slow down so that we arrive before they do! They will be in touch again around 8:00 pm our time tonight to update their ETA. We'll post the information to the blog for all of you Web Cam Viewers. Amazing technology.
Mary Shelley
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I dropped Bas of in Hoek van Holland to take the night ferrie to harwich from there he goes by train to London where he has to go from one trainstation to the other, and then on by train to Portmouth, hopefully in time to meet the crew of Mokum and to sign up ( if possible) for the last leg of the trip. (he took a one-way ticket)
Well done, guys. The sight of land after two weeks at sea must be very rewarding. But, I have to admit I am going to miss the excuse to check up on the blog at work from time to time! ...and to the bloggers, thanks for keeping the rest of us up to date. It was fun.
Rob Meijer
For those of you who knew of my plans to meet Mokum in Portsmouth let me update you.
When I returned from working my Barbados flight on Wednesday at 13:00 I had to make a decision as to whether the window was there for me to go to London that night to meet up with Mokum in Portsmouth. The conditions at that time indicated an arrival of Friday or Saturday. Since I had to return to Canada on the early Saturday morning flight out of London I made the decision not to go. After that the wind picked up.
I am presently working to do a switch with someone at work in order to arrive in Amsterdam as soon as possible. If not then I will arrive there on the 9th.
For Bas - they are going to Gosport which is the west bank of the harbour, I think.
Lesley
Wow, what great progress! I love the Web Cam idea.
Liz
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