Ground Hog Day

Woke up and the weather looked promising. Quick breakfast and then we got the greenlight to put our flight suits on for a 8am fly off. Fingers crossed that the winds will be gentle enough to allow a helicopter to land.

Kitted up and waiting up on the heli-deck and can hear the chopper come in. Nearly lands and has to pull back. Another try .... and no luck. Once more.... and simply too windy to land on the ship. Darn. Another day on ship rather than the island. Particularly as it will also be too windy to get a chopper up to the plateau to install the Automatic Weather Station, and I was hoping to be part of the team.

Got more cargo off the ship, so Voyage Leader Don must be feeling that at least some resupply could happen today - they used an old army amphibious landing craft called a LARC to bring in cargo. But no fuel - so we wait for a better day.

So another ground hog day - check emails, respond to emails, write a press release, have a cup of coffee and chat, watch a movie, and wait for a perfect day - or at least one that enables choppers to fly and land on the ship.