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).
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.
Final part of our "yacht repairs in Rio de Janero" experience!
Final part of our "yacht repairs in Rio de Janero" experience!
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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