An Ascension Island Disappointment.
Wednesday morning on the 22nd we set out from St Helena toward Ascension Island. All three of us, yes including Ken, a British citizen, had applied for a visa online.…
Tour of the Island. St. Helena.
At nine o’clock we took the .water taxi ashore, taking three empty, 20-liter, water jerrycans with us. We always do, fill them, and leave them at the water taxi terminal…
St Helena Island.
Last Tuesday, almost a week ago now, we rounded Sugar Loaf Point, the most northern part of St Helena, and lay eyes on James Bay with the historic Jamestown in…
Swimming With a Whale Shark!!!
One of the attractions in St Helena, and we are there, moored in Jamestown, the capital, is swimming with the whale sharks. Very exciting! However, getting it organized is a…
Some Random Dribble.
Since we reached South Africa on the 17th of December, yes it has been that long, all sailing since has been a few days here, a few days there. All…
Seals
Yesterday I rented a car for the day. I’d checked the internet and see what I could get for a reasonable price, but then I remembered the office supervisor, at…
Giel
In the Luderitz yacht club, we are approached by Guillaume (Giel) du Toit. He introduces himself as the custodian of the Seven Seas Project. The questionnaire he handed us, a…
A Namibian Sim Card
Friday afternoon, we had arrived in Luderitz. We are in Namibia. Windsong is a speedy vessel. It had taken just over three days from Cape Town to here. By four…
New Boat, New Crew, New Ocean.
After two months in South Africa, almost to the day, and of those two months, thirty-six days in Cape Town, we are sailing once again. We are making our way…
The Propane Runaround
One of the challenges a sailor faces is filling propane or butane bottles in various countries. Pretty harsh to run out of gas in the middle of an ocean required…