50 Knots and a Growing Job List: Preparing Happy Days for the Atlantic | S5 E28
Before we could leave South Africa behind for good, Happy Days needed to be ready for everything the Atlantic could throw at her. What followed was days of running rigging failures, 50-knot winds in the marina, and a job list that seemed to grow faster than we could tick it off.
This episode we're based in Hout Bay, just outside Cape Town — picking up a hire car (the hard way), chasing a freezing surf session at Noordhoek Beach, and working through a full running rigging overhaul on our Leopard 46 catamaran, Happy Days I.
When our spinnaker halyard job goes wrong late in the day, we learn the hard way when it's time to stop and try again tomorrow.
New running rigging, a rebuilt watermaker and spares, a new washing machine, an Atlantic paper chart, and a fibreglass repair job in the engine bay — this is what getting ready to cross an ocean actually looks like.
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📍 Route: Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa — preparing for the Atlantic crossing
Thanks for watching — see you next week for one of Cape Town's biggest highlights.
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Before we could leave South Africa behind for good, Happy Days needed to be ready for everything the Atlantic could throw at her. What followed was days of running rigging failures, 50-knot winds in the marina, and a job list that seemed to grow faster than we could tick it off.
This episode we’re based in Hout Bay, just outside Cape Town — picking up a hire car (the hard way), chasing a freezing surf session at Noordhoek Beach, and working through a full running rigging overhaul on our Leopard 46 catamaran, Happy Days I.
When our spinnaker halyard job goes wrong late in the day, we learn the hard way when it’s time to stop and try again tomorrow.
New running rigging, a rebuilt watermaker and spares, a new washing machine, an Atlantic paper chart, and a fibreglass repair job in the engine bay — this is what getting ready to cross an ocean actually looks like.
⛵ Boat: Happy Days I — 2012 Leopard 46 Catamaran
📍 Route: Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa — preparing for the Atlantic crossing
Thanks for watching — see you next week for one of Cape Town’s biggest highlights.
—————
⛵ Welcome aboard Sailing with Six!
We’re Kris, Shona, Bella, Finn, Archie and Pippi — an Australian family of six living full-time aboard our sailing catamaran as we travel the world.
Join us for ocean crossings, remote anchorages, surf adventures, homeschooling, boat projects, family life, and the everyday realities of raising four kids at sea. From tropical islands to challenging passages, we’re sharing the highs, lows, lessons and laughter that come with living this unconventional life.
Whether you’re dreaming of sailing around the world, planning your own cruising adventure, interested in homeschooling while travelling, or simply love life on the ocean, we’re glad you’re here.
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► NordVPN: https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=612&aff_id=151686&url_id=14830
► PredictWind: https://www.predictwind.com/
► Battle Born Batteries: https://bit.ly/sailingwithsixXbattleborn
► Osmosea Watermakers: https://osmosea.it/en/line-boating/
► Zoom Sails: https://www.zoomsails.com/
► Epidemic Sound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/arudpv
► Shopify: https://shopify.pxf.io/c/7402234/1061744/13624
► Amazon Storefront: https://a.co/d/0afwxfG3
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[email protected]
#Sailing #SailingFamily #CatamaranLife #FamilyTravel #Liveaboard #CruisingLife #WorldSailing #Circumnavigation #CapeTown #HoutBay #Leopard46 #BoatLife #SouthAfrica #AtlanticCrossing #BoatMaintenance
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