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Long-Term Ocean Climate Observations (LOCO) – D301/302
Cruise Diary – 20th March 2006	Marcel, Herman & Jack at Cape Agulhas
Monday - Back on stage, finally! Originally this cruise was planned to be finished about a week ago, but problems with the fresh water tanks made the Discovery stay some 4-5 weeks longer than planned in Cape Town. The last delays became known when most of us were already in South Africa and gave us an extra week or so in this beautiful country. Erica, Petra, Karel, GeertJan, Ulrike, Socratis and Tycho used this time to enjoy the surroundings of Durban with a visit to a safari park and hikes in the mountains of Drakensbergen.
Marcel, Jack and myself, Herman, used the extra time to make their travel from Cape Town, where they first unloaded the containers with all instruments on the Discovery, to Durban, some 2000 km, a more relaxed journey. Last Friday Theo, Sander and Matthijs joined us in the hotel in Durban, so that the Dutch part of the scientific crew was complete by then. Together with 8 British members of the scientific crew, 1 observer from Mozambique and 22 'regular' crew members, the Discovery left the quay today in Durban at around 4 pm with 44 people on board. During this first day we mainly try to become familiarized with the ship, including the laboratories and our cabins. The crew helped us with this through an introductory talk by the captain, followed by the second officer who spoke to us about all kind of safety issues and finally the catering manager who showed us around the ship.