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October 15, 2024
Sailing Lady Africa – Page 5
Our BOAT makes its own WATER! 💧 | Water Maker Install
Episode 131: I finally managed to get Ricky away from his other boat jobs for a bit to start on our own boat projects. One being the water maker which we have procrastinated for the longest time! She is finally installed plumbing wise and next week we'll g...
Turning SALT WATER into DRINKING WATER! | Water Maker Install
Episode 132 Part 2 of our water maker install. Running the electrical for it. Which ended up with a bit of a water maker problem..... our power supply couldn't cope with the inrush current to start the DC Motor. We have thought about it long and hard and ...
HOLDING TANK INSTALL! 🚽 | Vetus
Episode 133 Part 1 of our holding tank install. We have put off putting in our holding tank because man we thought this job is gonna suck!! Holding tanks are part of a lot of countries regulations so it was a job we had to do. Thank goodness for our favori...
PLUMBING for a HOLDING TANK! | A S**T SHOW
Episode 134: Part 2 of our holding tank install. Watch part one below 👇 https://youtu.be/n_kbgD3Wjfk We had to decide if we wanted to have the debris from our toilet flush straight through our holding tank and then out to the ocean if the valve is turn...
We GOT a FANCY Toilet | DIY Electric Toilet Upgrade
Episode 135: We get some painting down and install our acrylic panel that will close up our holding tank, receive our DC to DC converters and upgrade our toilet! We now got a fancy toilet!!! 🚽🎉 Our Victron gear: DC to DC Converter: https://www.vict...
REWIRING our ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | NEAT up Your Cables
Episode 136: Our electrical system has been bothering Ricky tremendously. Every time he opened it up, he'd sigh and say how he needed to redo it.. That day had come. Rewiring our electrical system. We disconnected our batteries, disassembled our buck boo...
Boat Life | Another Task Done
Episode 137: We managed to finish up our electrical system tidy up. I thought Ricky was just being OCD about the whole thing but then realized how much neater but also safer our electrical is now. We added some MEGA Fuses (which took us so damn long to fi...
Building Boat Doors | DIY Head Door
Episode 138: Building Head Doors This week we got started on a task Ricky was not looking forward to, that being.. getting our head door complete. For the longest time we thought of getting someone in to build the door for us that is how badly we didn't ...
Weekend Away On A Remote Farm | Travel South Africa
Episode 139: We are in the MIDDLE of NOWHERE! We took a much needed soul rejuvenating trip to our friends farm up in Skaap Vlei. If you're wondering where that is.. don't worry.. we didn't know either until we go there (it's in the middle of nowhere) As ...
Pressure is ON | Can We Leave South Africa?
Episode 140: As time is flying by and the clock is ticking, we are starting to feel the pressure to leave South Africa. The travel ban provincially has been lifted in South Africa and it's only about time that the you will be able to travel internationally...
Tasting the BEST WINE EVER? | Travel South Africa
Episode 141: Becoming Pigeon Whisperers? As we await our borders to open up as well as Namibian borders we opted to get some sight seeing done + a few boat tasks at hand. We wanted to vented the area where our inverter is just to reduce the amount of heat...
Is Running Off a MOUNTAIN a good IDEA?? | Travel South Africa
Episode 142: Life is SHORT, Make MEMORIES!! While we are stuck here in Cape Town we are making the best of it and one thing we have learnt is time stands still for no body so we are going to make memories because life is far to short to fret about the lit...
LITHIUM UPGRADE on our BOAT! ⚡| We Got A Extra Battery
Episode 143 : So the borders are going to start opening up the 1st of October which hopefully means Namibia will be following which means we can leave soon, but first we got some boat tasks to complete because we really don't want to have to pay double for...
INSTALLING PORT LIGHTS in our COCKPIT!
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...
SAVING WATER On Our Boat 💧
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 ...
BOAT PREP before the ATLANTIC ⚓
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...
It’s Almost Time to Say GOODBYE…
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...
Our Namibia Crew Has Arrived ⛵⛵
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...
We Can Finally Sail Again.
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...
Parts Keep On Breaking | Can we get a BREAK!?
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...
My LIFE is in the HANDS of a 12 YEAR OLD 😱 | Adding Blocks to the Mast
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...
DIVING IN FREEZING WATER | DIVE CAPE TOWN
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...
HOW WE PROVISION | ATLANTIC CROSSING EDITION
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...
Leaving South Africa | First Leg to Cross the Atlantic.
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...
Catching FISH on our SAILING CATAMARAN! 🐟 | Atlantic Crossing
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...
Wild Sailing Into a GHOST TOWN | Sailing Namibia
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...
254nm later | Sailing Namibia
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....
I was PETRIFIED! 😩 | Travel Namibia
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 ...
Beach full of Skeletons? | Travel Namibia
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...
Camping in the DESERT… | Travel Namibia
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...
Goodbye Africa.. Until We Meet Again..
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...
Steering Problems in the Middle Of the OCEAN | Atlantic Crossing
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...
We weren’t allowed on the ISLAND!? 😟 | St Helena Island | Atlantic Crossing
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...
The Most Fish We Have EVER Seen! | Ascension Island | Atlantic Crossing
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 ...
Diving in SHARK INFESTED waters! 🦈| Ascension Island | Atlantic Crossing
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...