Wed. 2/28/07 approaching Cape Town South Africa thaw weather is cloudy and the seas rough as predicted. The Indian Ocean is flowing over the Atlantic and clouds and rain are produced. Lecture today by Desmond Tutu, very charismatic speaker who carries hisaudience along with jokes and stories. As chief of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission he was He was instrumental in preventing a blood bath in South Africa. I wonder what he would say about Iraq. Visited the Bridge all automatic and tied to gps. Generators use 16000 gallons of fuel each day to make water and supply airconditioning. The are always a pair of eyes looking for whatever the radar misses. Alarms and firedoors are automatically coordinated. Always carries paper charts to backup the computer. Advance the clocksone hour again tonite these 23 hour days are difficult with all mandatory meetings in addition to the classes.