Paille en Queue, with its owner Peter Winch and his Mauritian crew, generously and superbly supported the 1978/9 expedition.  She (and he) provided crucial inter-island support.  The large number of hidden lockers in her, from which poured large quantities of non-military-compo-ration produce (like champagne at Christmas 1998, for example) continued to surprise and delight us throughout.

