Having left Cape Town we planned to go East until we reached Tristan da Cunha before turning on a southerly heading in order to avoid the low pressures feeding up from Cape Horn and Pacific ocean. I had already been in contact with local fisheries officer there and he asked us to keep an eye out for anyone in their EEZ. As we were plodding on the weather was rather good and we eventually made good way. For those that do not know, TDC, is the remotest piece of land inhabited by people on earth, the territory is British under the St Helena administration, the
Island was discovered by a Portuguese sailor back in 1506 and since then the name stuck. In 1961 the volcano erupted and the population was evacuated to Calshot, UK but eventually everyone returned in 1963 because of homesickness.
Tristan da Cunha, coat of arms
