Blog Post 13 by Jon Sanders: Jamestown
Well, I have anchored off Jamestown, Saint Helena. A good place to be. So it is.
Tied to a visiting yacht mooring; they are yellow or red. Red £2 per day under 40 tonnes. £3 for over 40, that’s not me – 9 tonnes. There are 23 buoys.
I made the usual approach calls on channel 16 to Saint Helena (Maritime) Radio; all easily done. Especially as Kelly Scott, PR at Royal Perth Yacht Club, had already advised the Port Control. Just like she would.
I have email and SMS on the yacht via Iridium.
I will, one day, stick up a hotel style sticker “this is a WI-FI zone”. Because it is…