American skipper Dale Peterson's wife, Liz, stood at the V&A dockside on Monday waiting for the return of her husband aboard the SA Agulhas after he and two other crew members were rescued from a stricken Australian yacht in the Southern Ocean.

The SA Agulhas was set to return to Cape waters on Monday.

On Sunday Carol Moses, spokesperson for Marine and Coastal Management, said the ship would arrive between 5am and 5pm on Monday, depending on the weather and sea conditions.

After receiving a distress call, the SA Agulhas, anchored at Marion Island, raced to the rescue of Peterson, South African Carol Erasmus, and Australian Nick Lawson, who were aboard the stricken yacht Cowrie Dancer, in the Southern Ocean two weeks ago.

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