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Hi Nick!

We've been thinking of you and hoping all is well on the boat. I've only checked your progress a couple of times and only now bothered with registering as a 'researcher' so as to converse.

Yumi picked-up Tommy from the airport on her return from Japan the other day and she seems well... I'm busy studying.

I won't go on... realise your data constraints, but good luck and happy sailing!

Hi Craig & Yumi
Nick can't easily log onto the net on the boat, but I'll find a way of getting your message to him. Thanks for posting. Richard

HI Craig and Yumi

We just got into Capetown last night - I'm pretty unsteady after 70 days on the boat....

Now busy busy with improvements etc for the next leg -

Many thanks for keeping an eye on the system at home Craig ... and supporting Tommy -

Nick

Hello again Nick... thanks for any help conveying the message too Richard.

Hope you had enough time in Cape Town to settle a bit, your journey is certainly an epic one. No major system problems for Tommy, have spent some time over the phone, but all seems well enough.

Tommy and "the usual suspects" keep pretty regular contact, so I think she is coping despite the fact she obviously misses you a lot.

Take care, we are thinking of you and look forward to your docking in Melbourne. Cheers!

Hi Craig and Yumi, and thanks for your update and for helping Tommy with home system issues...

I found an update for the Telstra Bigpond browser in my email which I'll forward to Tommy, it may be worth installing - or not ... I think if you can get away without installing it just now that would be better. I would anticipate that installing it would lead to all sorts of unexpected problems and late nights trying to fix it! Maybe worth checking with Telstra if you can get away with doing nothing for a while?

Over to you either way. May need to disable the Firewall to install it etc...

Have been enjoying Cape Town but I think we are all ready to go on now, even though the next Leg promises to be very cold, windy and wet.

See you in December in Melbourne all being well...

Nick