Le Lyrial takes aboard Tristan passengers
Report from Cynthia Green
The cruise ship Le Lyrial sailed for Cape Town at about 12.30 GMT on Monday 18th March with five Tristan passengers aboard. These were: Islanders Kelly Green and Conchita Repetto, Dr. Alex and Sally Wonner, and Aniket Sardana. The Tristan passengers boarded on Saturday 16th March when the vessel visited the island, so were on board for tours by Zodiac of Nightinagle and Inaccessible Islands. Le Lyrial arrived in Cape Town on Friday 22nd March.
It is very useful for the island if ships are occasioanlly able to carry passengers as the Ovenstone fishing vessels carry a maximum of 12 passengers and so often passages are delayed.