Geo Searcher January - February Voyage
Report from Cynthia Green and Sean Burns
Following offloading, MFV Geo Searcher headed to Gough Island to deliver some urgent refrigeration spares for the Gough Team to deliver. The ship returned to Tristan waters on Monday 11th. Backloading of Tristan Lobster was completed, and, on Tuesday 12th February 2019, passengers boarded at 16.00 and the ship sailed for Cape Town at 17.00.
Passengers are: Islanders Conrad and Sharon Glass, Gillian Repetto, Vera Glass, Christopher and Beverley Swain, Joseph and Anne Green, Simon and Natasha Glass, Rhoda Rogers and Dr Emma Browne.
Sean Burns' photo shows the raft with incoming passengers and their luggage
approaching Calshot Harbour on 18th November 2018, with the MFV Geo Searcher anchored off-shore.
Report from Cynthia Green
Arrival at Tristan
MFV Geo Searcher arrived at Tristan at about 21.00 on Thursday 7th February 2019. Passengers came ashore the following morning. This Geo Searcher trip is a round-trip for cargo and passengers as the vessel completed catching the full outer islands (Gough, Inaccessible and Nightingale) Tristan Lobster quotas last month.
After offloading the vessel will backload with Tristan Lobster from the Tristan Fishing factory, load passengers and return to Cape Town. This will be confirmed as the ship departs.
Good weather has meant Friday 8th February is a busy day on Tristan with crews working flat-out to offload the Geo Searcher and complete offloading of her sister ship MFV Edinburgh.
Departure from Cape Town
MFV Geo Searcher departed from Cape Town at 16.30 on Thursday 31st January 2019 as scheduled.
Aboard are the following passengers: Islanders Carlene and Grant Green, Ian and Nigel Lavarello, Beverley and Andre Repetto, Finance Officer David Moores, Harbour Engineer Gerhard Kapp and Nurse Gift Chizema.
The ship is expected to arrive at Tristan on 7th February.