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Our skies this morning are definitely “Abierto” or “nub Lado” and the sea swells seem
to be too high for safe Zodiac landings. It was discouraging to think about the fact
that only about 50 Zodiac landings are possible each year! The birds are flying about
in front and alongside the ship and Kay is enjoying taking pictures. John announced
that it is considered unsafe to launch Zodiacs right now and that conditions will be
assessed again at 9:30 AM. The sky has lifted a little since this morning but it is
difficult for us lay folks to determine what makes landing safe or unsafe. So we hope
that we are in conscientious and conservative hands.
What a miracle—the sea conditions moderated sufficiently for us to make it to the
island and it was a terrific visit! Even though there were big swells and the Tristan
landing is known to be treacherous, our fellows were able to make the visit happen.
Several people opted to stay on board because John emphasized that the whole
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