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PASSAGE PLANNING Madagascar
Despite conflicting reports on the re-opening of Madagascar to sailing yachts, we're investigating and planning the tricky sail across the Mozambique channel. The "traditional" route is direct from Richards Bay to Tulear (Southern Madagascar), but it's dif...
We find a slice of PARADISE! Drifting Ep. 34
We find a slice of PARADISE! We've got exciting news!! We've entered an international yacht race from Mozambique to South Africa....which means we are going back to Inhaca Island 😃 and in the days waiting for the race start, we find a slice of paradise...
OUR FUTURE SAILING PLANS! Drifting Ep. 33
While we wait for cyclone season to pass and for us to sail to East Africa, this is life as it happens... We share our future sailing plans with you! Thanks for watching! Much love, Captain Robin, Charlotte, sailor girl Moya and Midnight, our sailing c...
Sailboat haul out
Sailboat Haul Out. We're SUCKERS FOR PUNISHMENT!! Cyclone season is almost over and we need to get ready for our season of sailing East Africa! It’s that time of year again that we need to haul out our sailboat and clean our bottom!! We decided to do th...
We sailed to SOUTH AFRICA!!! – Outside Watch Vlog #17
After nearly 6000 nautical miles sailed and 8 countries later we finally make landfall on the mainland continent of Africa!! At 01:00 on December 2nd 2021 we tied Skylark to the quarantine dock in Richards Bay, South Africa. It's difficult to express in wo...
CRUISERS go RACING! Drifting Ep. 32
SUNDAY SAILING! Cruisers go RACING! While waiting for Madagascar to open we take advantage of joining in the Sunday Sailing Spring racing series! We're a sailing cruising boat, not a racer... But needless to say we take SeaScape out, all 12 tons of her, ...
HIPPO on the MAIN ROAD! Just another day in Africa!
HIPPO on the MAIN ROAD! Theres a hippo just cruising along the main road in Richards Bay and finding some fresh grass to munch on! Just another day in Africa! In many parts of the world you come across wildlife warning signs. Here in Richards Bay, South A...
THE FREEZER IS EMPTY!! Sailing to Cape Vidal.Drifting Ep. 26
THE FREEZER IS EMPTY!! Sailing to Cape Vidal. When there is no food in the fridge you gotta go fishing! So we take a friend sailing to catch some dinner! Our friend Steven is keen to go fishing on our sailboat, so after checking the weather forecast, we se...
FUN in RICHARDS BAY, the land of the Zulu!
RICHARDS BAY, in the land of the Zulus! Welcome to Coffee Time with the Drifters! These will be short more frequent episodes where we tell you about where we are, what we are doing, our plans going forward and all sort of other stuff. In this first episode...
SAILING the wild SOUTH AFRICA coast – EP11, Wild animals and Wild coast
Join Jupiter and crew sailing south Africa. We go shooting wild animals (photos of course!) before Jupiter goes back into the water. And then we sail the wild coast of Africa to the beautiful town of Knysna. Don't skip our new segment... Jupiters Galley! ...
HAUL OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA – EP10, Modifications and Jam Sessions
Jupiter² sails across the Mozambique channel to Richards Bay, South Africa. And its that time of year again. Haul Out. And this one was a bit longer than planned. But it wasn't all hard work. We made time for play. This episode is dedicated to our dear d...