Location: V&A Waterfront Cape Town
Argo got into the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town 5 weeks ago after having sailed 6,500 nautical miles from Bali. Since getting in, her crew has been hard at work on deck sanding and varnishing the teak, pulling out both anchor chains for some serious TLC, and filling her up with 12000 liters of fuel for the journey ahead. Yesterday, the team provisioned food for the first 50 days of our voyage, which resulted in a receipt that’s 7 times taller than Kackie (evidence attached) and a literal truckload of food being unloaded and stored away inArgo’ss various cupboards, bilges, and hidey holes all under the curiously watchful eyes of our friendly neighborhood seals.
This morning was spent giving Argo a final deck wash and polishing all of the teak and stainless, and just as the noon gun (this is an actual canon in Cape Town that goes off every day to signal high noon!) fired, our first shipmates arrived. Benny, Isaac, Zach, and Eli were the first aboard, followed shortly by Cecily and Kara, with Olympus, Madeline, Nini, KiKi, and Sylver not too far behind. Everybody settled in, and then we all enjoyed dinner together, followed by a crash course in the dishy pit!
With the arrival of Darien early tomorrow, Argo’s crew will all be onboard and ready for the adventure that lies ahead. Before we depart Cape Town for St Helena, we have some epic excursions planned. We will be Kayaking with Penguins, hiking up the Lions Head trail to get some breathtaking views of Table Mountain, and back on to the waterfront where Argo is berthed and exploring Robben Island.
Meet the Staff!
Calum – Skipper, Dive Instructor, Program Manager, self-proclaimed Braai master, and Rusk influencer.
Kacki – Chief mate, seamanship instructor, and ruler of the deck, has aspirations to be able to do an unassisted handstand by the voyage’s enda card-carrying member of the sisterhood of traveling pants.
Nicole – 2nd mate, Leadership instructor, and board game enthusiast, will respond to Nicoleslaw, Nicoala Bear, and Nicolin Powell.
Shane – 2nd mate, MedPIC, ocean lover, hands powerful enough to break bones whilst playing Egyptian Rat Slap.
Meg – Marine Science teacher, PADI instructor, MedPIC, Underlord – master of all things below deck. Don’t try to organize the tea. Knows a lot about hops.
Ben, a Marine Science teacher and PADI instructor who is 17 feet tall has the hands of a 70-year-old Italian breadmaker. He lives in Wales, UK. His garlic bread just overtook the Taj Mahal to become the 3rd wonder of the world.
Dave – Born British, now just pretends.a wizard with a camera, including those of the flying variety.
For more detailed insight into our staff, please have a look at the Meet the Team page on the Sea|mester website.