Hello All
Yesterday afternoon we were slowed down by the steep swell that was induced by the strong northerly wind. It backed later to the South West with the same intensity and made the sea quite confused with wind wave and swell causing awkward movement at sea. We deployed a weather buoy after supper last night and made radar land fall of Thule island at a distance of 62NM at 21:54. The wind eased off through the night, but steadily increased again this morning.
Currently we are on our way to South Georgia basking in the afterglow of a successful operation at South Thule Island. At first the conditions seemed marginal with the wind pumping over 30 knots at our entrance to the caldera of Thule Island and visibility reduced due to snow blowing off the glaciers on the western side. When we finally came closer to the area we were expecting to beach our workboat the conditions improved a little due to the lee provided by the island.
The workboat was sent ashore with 3 crew and 2 SAWS personnel and successfully replaced the buoy on the island within a very short time. This was fortunate since by the time we left the blowing snow reduced visibility to less than a half a mile. I commend the coxswains (CNO and 3NO) and the crew for a good, smooth operation in challenging conditions.
Our next call will be King Edward Point at South Georgia on Saturday morning.
Have a good day.
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