Mr Beam tries his hand at carpentry on our boat – Part One.
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Mr Beam does carpentry on board the boat – again!
Cruisers and lockdown in South Africa in 2020.
Lockdown and cruising. It has been a while since I wrote a blog post, although I do keep things up to date on my Facebook pages (please join me). A lot has happened since we arrived back in South Africa after our semi (I say semi because there were some really good times) -disaster in … Continue reading Cruisers and lockdown in South Africa in 2020.
Atlantic ocean storm and demasting.
After spending a few weeks in Rio De Janiero, we finally set off to cross the Atlantic ocean all the way to South Africa. Sadly, things did not go as planned.
Final preparations in Rio
Final part of our "yacht repairs in Rio de Janero" experience!
Final preparations in Rio de Janeiro and preparing to sail back to South Africa
Final part of our "yacht repairs in Rio de Janero" experience!
Provisioning your boat.
How to provision your boat, whether close to home or preparing for an ocean crossing
Yacht repairs in Rio de Janeiro -we have arrived, all the way from Cape Town, South Africa.
There is a sultry sexiness about Rio. Exhilarating, festive, fun.I am sitting in the sticky heat, on the deck of the gorgeous Sovereign 54 that we are going to do repairs on and will sail back to Cape Town, with the Sugar Loaf mountain directly in front of me and Christ the Redeemer keeping watch … Continue reading Yacht repairs in Rio de Janeiro -we have arrived, all the way from Cape Town, South Africa.
Yacht repairs in Rio -we have arrived.
There is a sultry sexiness about Rio. Exhilarating, festive, fun. Our new home for the next few weeks. I am sitting in the sticky heat, on the deck of the gorgeous Sovereign 54 that we are going to do repairs on and will sail back to Cape Town, with the Sugar Loaf mountain directly in … Continue reading Yacht repairs in Rio -we have arrived.
Yacht rescue – flying from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro to see if we can safely bring a yacht back to South Africa.
5 am. on Tuesday 11 November. We fly to Rio tomorrow…..to fetch a boat we need to do a few repairs on and then sail her back to Cape Town. Here's the rundown on how my life changed in the space of 4 days…. Received a desperate phone call sometime last week from a yachtie … Continue reading Yacht rescue – flying from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro to see if we can safely bring a yacht back to South Africa.
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