Inasmuch as the GD is now a catamaran, I suggest those who want to adventure to the South Pole to plant the GD's house flag there use the port hull, while the others can stay in Invercargill. South Polites will only be gone a couple of days -- top speed to McMurdo Sound and then by "Whirly Bird" to the South Pole courtesy of SSR --- if he's around?