The yacht SV Urchin visited Tristan on the 16th December 2025, bringing the Inaccessible Island flax eradication team.

Return visit of the yacht SV Urchin, December 2025

Report from Philip Kendall and Cynthia Green

The 16th December 2025 saw a return visit by the expedition yacht SV Urchin, which has now become a regular visitor.

It is wonderful to see the her here again, bringing the RSPB-funded invasive species eradication team who will spend Christmas and New Year on Inaccessible Island removing invasive flax.

The Urchin left for Cape Town on the same day, but the team of four - Brandon Cloete, Carmen Ferreira, Aidan Hendriks and Stephen Hoffe - will remain on Inaccessible until February and then return on a regular vessel.

 SV Urchin off the settlement on the 16th December 2025.
SV Urchin off the settlement on the 16th December 2025.
Photo: Philip Kendall