EP 167: We made it to the CARIBBEAN!
We say adios to Fernando De Naronha and commenced on our 2000nm journey towards Grenada our first stop in the Caribbean. We would have loved to stop in Trinidad and Tobago but unfortunaetly they are closed so the next ...
EP 166: Sailing to BRAZIL! (1200nm later)
It was time to bid farewell to Ascension Island and make our way over to Brazil. Fernando de Naronha to be exact. A little island off the coast of Brazil. Although we were aware that Brazil is closed and we could ...
EP 165: Diving in SHARK INFESTED waters! 🦈
With a limited time on the island.. we got down to thoroughly exploring it! First step was to get in as many dives as we possibly can. We dove at comfortless cove, Ascension Island.. a nice shore entry in c...
EP 164: fishin' in my pyjamas on remote islands
After our 700nm journey from St Helena.. we had arrived in Ascension. Luckily for us the island hasn't been closed.. but it required a lot of paperwork to get on. Covid Medical Insurance.. that covered for ...
EP 163:We weren't allowed on the ISLAND!?
After a 1200nm sail from Walvis Bay, Namibia to ST Helena Island.. we were hoping by some miracle we were allowed on the Island.. That was not the case and were told under strict instructions not to get off the bo...
EP 162: The Start of our ATLANTIC CROSSING!
We embark on our 1200nm journey from Walvis Bay Namibia to St Helena Island. We encountered some steering problems along the way and a bit of an uncomfortable sea but nothing to crazy. Only 10 days at sea and w...
EP 161: Goodbye Africa.. Until We Meet Again..
We finish up our last bit of adventuring here in Namibia. Say goodbye to the farm.. Look for bushman paintings, go to Sandwich harbor and literally 4x4 that sand dune finished. Ate copious amounts of amazin...
EP: 160- Camping in the DESERT..with no tent!?
We start our road trip up to a farm (garubib) in Damaraland. On the way we stopped to catch some fish( carp to be specific) but with no luck as the locals said they were only catching catfish 😢 Ricky was...
EP: 159- We lost our drone..over a salt flat
We explored an island close to our anchorage that connects up to the pelican point light house and opted to go see if it was something we could hike.. after doing some inspecting we went to the next day with G...
EP 158: I was PETRIFIED! 😩
It was time to start exploring Walvis Bay.. the boys really wanted to go go kart racing so we stopped at a lil place just outside swakopmund that had go kart racing and camel riding.. (I've always wanted to properly ride a ...
EP 157: 254nm later.. sailing into Walvis Bay, Namibia
After exploring what Luderitz had to offer (we visited Kolmanskop, Diaz Point, the whaling station and church) We finally got a weather gap to leave Luderitz and continue our trip up to Walvis Bay....
EP 156: Wild Sailing Into a GHOST TOWN!
Embarking on our 720nm journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia. We experiences some gnarly swell... what was a predicted 3m swell became a 4-4.5m swell. After not sleeping for 26 hours and knowin...
EP 155: We CAUGHT some LONG FIN TUNA on our SAILING CATAMARAN! 🐟
Embarking on our 720nm journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia. The first two days we experiences calm waters and light winds. We relaxed, soaked up the sun and trie...
EP 154: Leaving South Africa. First Leg to Cross the Atlantic.
We have finished up our last minute tasks on Lady Africa, provisioned the boat, ticked off some last Cape Town bucket list items and now the time has come to say goodbye to South Africa. Our...
EP 153: Provisioning for our Atlantic Crossing
The time has come to get provisioning. Although we will be making a stop in Namibia before we do the atlantic crossing. Grocery prices are cheaper in South Africa so we opted to do it here. We will replenis...
EP 152: Curious SEALS playing with GO PRO!
After enjoying a magical sunset and a tango on the deck of Lady Africa we opted to hop in the freezing waters of Cape Town and go for a Scuba Dive. The water was a bone chilling 8'degrees Celsius. (Yay so warm) W...
EP: 151: My LIFE is in the HANDS of a 12 YEAR OLD 😱
With Wade (our young dashing crew member) back on the boat we got a lot of work done! We first made our stop southern ropes for extra lines in the bargain bin (BEST BING IN THE WORLD 😂) then got s...
EP: 150: Can we get a BREAK!?
After an amazing day anchored off Clifton Beach, it was time to head out and test our sails. As you guys know a while ago we bought brand new sails from ULLMAN Sails but were never able to head out and go test them. The day h...
Episode 149: SAILING after COVID!
We haven't been out on the open ocean since lock down started.. firstly because we couldn't and then when we could we had way to much boat tasks to complete. It was so good to go out but the boat needed a good hull scrub...
Episode 148: We got NEW CREW!
We're back! We got some work done on Lady Africa while my mom and brother were here from Pretoria. We caught a flight back with them to Ballito for 3 days and then flew off to Pretoria to say goodbye to the rest of the fami...
Episode 147:
Rickys butt was itching to go for a dive so we mustered up the courage to go diving and when I say we I actually mean Ricky. 😂 The coolest part about it all is that we found baby octopus. Having heard how difficult it is to actually find t...
Episode 146:
My family came to visit & what do we do? Put them to work 😂😂
We changed up the swivel system on our anchor, tensioned up the forestay and rigging. Hung up some ties to neaten up our cockpit but then amongst all of this our head fre...
Episode 145 : We are so close to having all our boat jobs that are required to have completed the rebuild of Lady Africa, the rest would just be upgrades and maintenance. ;) We serviced our hydraulic steering, ran a fresh water flush system for our water ...
Episode 144 : Since we have really been feeling the pressure, we decided it was time to put our heads down and gets some boat tasks finished. Yes they are not completely necessary to do to leave for Namibia but South Africa is known to be a lot cheaper whe...
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