OMG i was stunned to see phillip on the front page of the southland times yestaday,i was phillips partner of 4 years.i have dreaded hearing on the news or reading in the paper the sumthing had happened to him.Cavel is his pride and joy and he worked very hard to get her,so im not surprised at all the he didnt abandon her.hes done an amazing thing an im proud of him,hes acheived his dream.thts all he eva wanted to do was to solo circumnavigate around the world.well done phillip.