Voyages

The Journey Begins a new!…..

01 February 2013 (Eastern Hemisphere) UTC +2 Dear F&F, After some R&R in Santa Barbara and London, I\’ve returned back to South Africa with Alexandra Deegan from the UK who will crew with me from Richard\’s Bay to Cape Town. Once in Cape Town, Alexandra will head back to the UK and Nicola Woodrow will […]

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2013-02 Thornybush Game Reserve, South Africa – Photos

To see the associated SHIP\’S Blog associated with this PHOTO GALLERY:  Click Here – Thorny Bush Game Reserved – South Africa To see an amazing YouTube Video: \”The Battle at Kruger Park\”  – Click Here   It\’s 8 minutes long, has a happy ending and worth the watch!  We didn\’t get to see this action,

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2012-11 Johannesburg – Mandela – Soweto – Lion Park, South Africa – Photos

To see more on NELSON MANDELA: CLICK HERE To see more on the NELSON MANDELA CENTER OF MEMORY:  CLICK HERE To see more on SOWETO:  CLICK HERE To see more on the APARTHEID MUSEUM in Johannesburg: CLICK HERE To see more on HECTOR PIETERSEN:  CLICK HERE  and the HECTOR PIETERSEN MUSEUM: CLICK HERE

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2012-11 St. Lucia Hippos & Imfolozi Game Reserves, South Africa – Photos

Our first Game Reserve excursion – Lion\’s and Tigers and Bears…oh my!…..:-) (Well, Lion\’s anyway!) To see the Ship\’s Blogs associated with this PHOTO GALLERY: Click Here – The Wind is in from Africa…..

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2012-10 & 11 Madagascar to Richards Bay, South Africa – Photos

The view the Ship\’s Blogs associated with this PHOTO GALLERY in chronological order from Oldest to Newest: Click From:   First-Oct 24     2      3      4      5       6       7       8       9      10    

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The Wind is in from Africa…..

The wind is in from Africa….. (Joni Mitchell) 24 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well…it\’s been 10,000 miles this season! Wow… Lots to reflect upon. We arrived here on the 20th in a blustery Northeaster of 20-25 knots. We did see a 38 knot gust here in the harbor at Richard\’s Bay on the

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POSITION REPORT

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/20 11:20 LATITUDE: 28-47.71S LONGITUDE: 032-04.71E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 9 WIND_DIR: ENE CLOUDS: 90% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1012.4 AIR_TEMP: 29.4C COMMENT: Beach House -DOCKED- International Wharf, Richards Bay, South Africa Beat the weather in. We had 20-28 knots last 15 hours. The barometer is dropping! Safely tied up. Welcome to Africa! Drop

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POSITION REPORT

YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2012/11/19 07:04 LATITUDE: 25-58.83S LONGITUDE: 034-05.61E COURSE: 191T SPEED: 6.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 3 WIND_DIR: ESE WAVE_HT: 0.0M WAVE_PER: 0 SWELL_DIR: S SWELL_HT: 2.8M SWELL_PER: 6 CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1010.9 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – MOTORING – Maputo Bay to Richard\’s Bay, SA New blog posted at: www.svbeachhouse.com

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A little bit of stress for the end of the ride…..

A little bit of stress for the end of the ride….. 19 November 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere now on +2 UTC) Dear F&F, We left Linga Linga yesterday morning and had no trouble getting out of the estuary. We headed south into the SSW head wind, but it didn\’t seem too bad and we found the

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