Category: BLOG

Leaving Rio De Janeiro and Losing the Mast in the Atlantic Ocean.

Having recently changed my blog host to WordPress, I lost a few posts, including the most traumatic one, losing the mast!! Apologies to those who have read it previously. I have not edited the post at all. Leaving from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town – Atlantic Ocean storm and losing the mast. An unexpected … Continue reading Leaving Rio De Janeiro and Losing the Mast in the Atlantic Ocean. →

Full blown PTSD when returning to the boat after six months on land.

After surviving losing a mast in the Atlantic ocean, being a flotilla crew skipper/crew for 6 months in Greece with that bloody nasty Meltemi and some very inexperienced skippers, plus spending 3 days on board during the worst winds EVER recorded in Gordons Bay Yacht Club, yet walking down a wobbly jetty in the semi-dark … Continue reading Full blown PTSD when returning to the boat after six months on land. →

No Fun when there’s No Sun (or Sailing).

JUNE 2024 - SOUTH AFRICA. Dear friends, We have had a particularly wet week in the Western Cape, 4 days of non-stop rain. Unfortunately, water flooded into SV Knowind through a partially open hatch, so this weekend will be spent doing a big mopping-up operation, in between watching the tennis finals being played at Roland … Continue reading No Fun when there’s No Sun (or Sailing). →

3 Days of Hell in 60 plus (up to 81.2) knots of wind.

I unashamedly admit to being an atheist even though I had a fairly strong Christian upbringing, forced to attend Sunday school week after week, year after year until I rebelled sometime in my high school years. So it felt fairly hypocritical to want to suddenly start pleading with a higher power when being battered with … Continue reading 3 Days of Hell in 60 plus (up to 81.2) knots of wind. →