Sailing SOUTH AFRICAN WILD COAST. Drifting Ep. 23
We sail the South African Wild Coast and something breaks at sea! The Transkei wild coast is notorious for being a treacherous stretch of coast along the Eastern Cape. Known to many sailors for its rugged terrain, violent storms, big seas and unforgiving coastline! Many a ship lays wrecked along its pristine beaches.
It has been an intense few days planning this 250 nautical mile passage from East London to Durban. We get all our safety equipment ready and check our paper charts, we do some last minute meal preparation and Moya calms our sailing cat, Midnight, down.
We enjoy a few hours of fantastic ocean sailing before the wind dies down and something breaks! Robin notices a shackle has broken off our main sail! Luckily he is like Macguiver and we make a plan with some dyneema rope and continue along the gorgeous Transkei coast. Dolphin and Cape Gannets go mad as a feeding frenzy erupts and a baby whale pops up to say hello.
Robin has hiked the Wild Coast from the casino to the Kei River and it is so lekka to be sailing it! We pass the famous Transkei Hole in the Wall and take in the natural beauty of the country. Charlotte gets seasick, but luckily only twice and back to feeling strong after a few hours rest! When we enter Kwa-Zulu Natal, the Natal Sharks Board meshing crew speed over to us for a chat. So cool!
About 80 miles from Durban we encounter problems with our alternator! Without enough power from our batteries we switch all our electronics off and hand steer the rest of the way to Durban just by eyesight! 55 hours after leaving East London we finally sail into Durban, our home port!
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Much love,
Captain Robin, Charlotte, sailor girl Moya and Midnight, our sailing cat!
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#sailing drifting
#sailing vlogs
#sailing family
0:00 Where are we going and why are we nervous
0:27 Weather planning and Aghulas current
0:49 Intro
1:03 Safety equipment prep
1:19 Lighthouse checklist
1:36 Emergency equipment prep
2:31 Moya’s responsibility
2:51 Whats on the menu
3:17 Fantastic sailing
4:01 Something breaks at sea!
5:20 Dolphin and Cape Gannet feeding frenzy
6:10 Robin tells us about his hike along the Transkei coast
6:48 Transkei sailing and Hole in the Wall
8:03 Kwa-Zulu Natal sailing
8:28 Natal Sharks Board crew
9:09 We have no power!
11:12 Moya takes the helm
11:44 We arrive in Durban
12:00 Port Health checks us in
We sail the South African Wild Coast and something breaks at sea! The Transkei wild coast is notorious for being a treacherous stretch of coast along the Eastern Cape. Known to many sailors for its rugged terrain, violent storms, big seas and unforgiving coastline! Many a ship lays wrecked along its pristine beaches.
It has been an intense few days planning this 250 nautical mile passage from East London to Durban. We get all our safety equipment ready and check our paper charts, we do some last minute meal preparation and Moya calms our sailing cat, Midnight, down.
We enjoy a few hours of fantastic ocean sailing before the wind dies down and something breaks! Robin notices a shackle has broken off our main sail! Luckily he is like Macguiver and we make a plan with some dyneema rope and continue along the gorgeous Transkei coast. Dolphin and Cape Gannets go mad as a feeding frenzy erupts and a baby whale pops up to say hello.
Robin has hiked the Wild Coast from the casino to the Kei River and it is so lekka to be sailing it! We pass the famous Transkei Hole in the Wall and take in the natural beauty of the country. Charlotte gets seasick, but luckily only twice and back to feeling strong after a few hours rest! When we enter Kwa-Zulu Natal, the Natal Sharks Board meshing crew speed over to us for a chat. So cool!
About 80 miles from Durban we encounter problems with our alternator! Without enough power from our batteries we switch all our electronics off and hand steer the rest of the way to Durban just by eyesight! 55 hours after leaving East London we finally sail into Durban, our home port!
Thanks for watching!
Much love,
Captain Robin, Charlotte, sailor girl Moya and Midnight, our sailing cat!
Let us know what you think our our episode, please leave a comment in the section below the video.
Let's connect, we love hearing from you.
For more photos and information, check out the below:
www.facebook.com/SailingSurfingAdventures
www.instagram.com/drifting_on_seascape
Don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications to be the first to watch our new episodes!
www.youtube.com/driftingsailingadventures
If you want to support our channel, and crazy alternative lifestyle, how about buying us a coffee....
Just go to www.buymeacoffee.com/drifting.
A quick and easy (and secure) way to "buy us a coffee" through the PayPal portal!
Thanks to all the musicians out there for creating awesome tunes for us to use in our videos.
www.bensound.com @bensound - Sexy
www.mixkit.com @mixkit - Jamaican
www.chosic.com @johnbartman - Happy African Village
Slow Grind by Ron Gelinas Chillout Lounge | https://soundcloud.com/atmospheric-music-portal
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/
#sailing drifting
#sailing vlogs
#sailing family
0:00 Where are we going and why are we nervous
0:27 Weather planning and Aghulas current
0:49 Intro
1:03 Safety equipment prep
1:19 Lighthouse checklist
1:36 Emergency equipment prep
2:31 Moya's responsibility
2:51 Whats on the menu
3:17 Fantastic sailing
4:01 Something breaks at sea!
5:20 Dolphin and Cape Gannet feeding frenzy
6:10 Robin tells us about his hike along the Transkei coast
6:48 Transkei sailing and Hole in the Wall
8:03 Kwa-Zulu Natal sailing
8:28 Natal Sharks Board crew
9:09 We have no power!
11:12 Moya takes the helm
11:44 We arrive in Durban
12:00 Port Health checks us in
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After many working years in the real world. Charlotte and Robin decided to take a break and live a simpler, less cluttered life. We bought a 42' Beneteau in March of 2019, and along with our daughter Moya have sailed SeaScape across the globe back home to South Africa where we prepared SeaScape and then set off to explore exotic East Africa! Join our Inner Circle! ...to support our channel head over to our Patreon page , www.patreon.com/TheDrifters, where as a Supporter you will get unique benefits like early access to vids, behind the scenes view into our lives as well as insights into our future plans! Your support will enable us to continue with the crazy journey while sharing it with you. Thank you The Drifters
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