2013 May Blog

Nambia & BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM…..

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 …

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Dear Friends of Beach House…

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 …

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Cape Town & Departure Preparations……

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 …

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Touring Cape Agulhas & The Winelands…..

Touring Cape Agulhas & The Winelands….. To see the PHOTO GALLERY associated with this Ship\’s Blog:  CLICK HERE March 16 – March 20th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere)   As Cape Agulhas held special meaning (along with the Cape of Good Hope), for Cindy and me, I felt a personal visit would be in order.  When Alexandra …

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Simon\’s Town to Cape Town…..

Simon\’s Town to Cape Town….. March 15th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) It was time to finally move the boat the 50 mile trip from Simon\’s Town in False Bay to Cape Town. By car, this trip takes about 35 minutes as it\’s only about 17 miles. But by boat, we had to go 15 miles south …

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe…..

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe……. March 9th – 11th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) Well we had such a good time in Namibia (and yet a bit of time before we would be off to Cape Town with the boat), so Nikki suggested we fly to Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe/Zambia border. This waterfall made famous by the one …

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Namibia by Air and Land…..

Namibia by Air and Land….. To see the PHOTO GALLERY associated with this Ship\’s Blog:  CLICK HERE February 26 – March 3rd, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) As I had wanted to see more of Africa, I made arrangements through a cruiser that Cindy and I had met in Bora Bora in 2010. James Sale (cute uh?) …

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Touring Simon\’s Town & Cape Town, South Africa…..

Touring Simon\’s Town & Cape Town, South Africa….. February 18-24th, 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) After our lovely greeting by the cruising community to assist our docking at False Bay Yacht Club, we were moved over to the inner wide berths for multihulls. This was a mixed blessing. It did get us out of a lot of …

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