We’re out to sea again, tonight celebrating calm seas and winds on the way to Salvador, Brazil, thanks to the influence of my maternal grandmother, known as Super Granny. It’s Super Granny’s birthday today. Although she passed away at the age of 102, her influence lives on and we know she still plays an active […]
Month: January 2020
To St. Helena 5
Our last day of the passage went by fairly quickly. The kids did school and I have to eat my words about Marin struggling to write three sentences because today she wrote almost a full page with perfect handwriting and no complaints. Once again, we have been able to tap into the talents of our […]
To St. Helena 4
Another gorgeous day on the boat. The longer we’re on a passage, the faster the days start to go. Part of this might be because we’re always heading east and we don’t change our clocks until we arrive at a destination. Our bodies continue to adjust to the sun, so there’s a weird feeling that […]
To St. Helena 3
Just a few hours ago we crossed from the East to the West. Gemma, the kids and I watched the numbers tick down from E 000° 00.001’ to W E 000° 00.001’. Since I missed seeing this happen when we crossed the equator, it was fun to see for the prime meridian. We are now […]
To St. Helena 2
It’s my brother’s birthday and we celebrated with Oreos and Haribo gummy bears as we approached the halfway mark to St. Helena. We’ve had pleasant seas and winds all day – it’s exactly the way you picture sailing when you picture a pleasant day of sailing (not scary storms or rough seas). We’ve had our […]
To St. Helena 1
It is the third night since we left Walvis Bay. The first couple of days at sea are always a bit rough, no matter the weather or how long since we last were at sea. Joe said, “I’m going to sail around the world again and this time, I won’t stop!” Maybe it’s different for […]
Walvis Bay
After anchoring in Walvis Bay, we took our dinghy ashore, loaded with wet, salty laundry from the massive wave that landed in our cockpit. Stefano from the World ARC was there to greet us, as the organization is planning to add this as a scheduled stop for next year’s tour. Almost half the fleet from […]
Luderitz Bail Out
Ahh, life at sea. The calming warmth of the sun, the peaceful waves, the seabirds frolicking. If only we could experience any of that for more than a few hours . . . We had all of that on our way to Luderitz. But the closer we got to the tiny town that was once […]
Leaving Cape Town
Ultimately, it was the dentist that changed everything. We had planned to leave Cape Town on January 8, bound for St. Helena and then Salvador, Brazil. After passing almost two months in South Africa, I had shifted from traveling mode to being a liveaboard at the dock at the V&A Waterfront, at the height of […]
Visiting Cape Town
After dropping my mother and Kay in Durban, we had an adventurous trip to Cape Town, arriving just as the Christmas season was switching into high gear. There’s nothing like arriving in a large bustling city and parking in the middle of the busiest shopping district to rev up the commercial Christmas spirit! The kids […]