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A much more productive day today, thanks to lower winds and cloud that stayed up over the plateau.
In the morning, we managed to move three helicopter loads of people from the shore to the ship, increasing the ship's population by 14. The dining room is really starting to look full again.
The swell was too high for the LARCs to operate but the helicopters did a fantastic job slinging RTA to the ship, moving 23 cages, 14 IBCs, 2 loads of cabin baggage, and some cold chain RTA items by lunchtime.
After lunch there was too much air turbulence for the helos to continue operating safely and by 2pm, with winds and swell increasing, the decision was made to call it quits for the day.
We've made excellent progress in a short period of time and the weather forecast for tomorrow is good – low cloud and mist but winds 20/25 knots, easing in the afternoon.
If that turns out to be the case, we'll hopefully make another big dent in it tomorrow but we'll also need to see less swell than we've had today. Fingers crossed!
REGARDS: Brendan, Jenn, and Nick
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