Namibia….. To see the Photo Gallery associated with this Ship\’s Blog: CLICK HERE April 13th – 18th, 2013…..(Eastern Hemisphere) The sail to Namibia turned out to be a 72 hour motor boat ride. The good news was that it was calm, the AIS was working well and we could see any vessels either on the …
Just to let you know, we are back at the anchorage at Luderitz, Namibia – 475 miles north of Cape Town. It\’s good we like the place, we\’re going to get to know it much better!…:-) Safe and sound…. Off to sleep, we\’re tired and it\’s cold outside! Scott and Nikki …..
We want you to know that both of us are fine and the boat is fine. We had a fairly major failure however today. The autopilot stopped working for no reason and the boat accidentally \”gybed\”. This cause two lines to break, the boom to swing to the wrong side and break it\’s mandril out …
Cape Town & Departure Preparations….. March 21st – April 12th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) Nikki and I went up Table Mountain which is nothing short of spectacular. See :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain Despite the animals and other natural wonders of South Africa, this IS the most visited place in the country. The views world class from both the bottom and …