We experience our first BLUE HOLE diving . . . Quite intimidating when you think there is 202m of water below you and you cannot see the bottom. Sadly in this particular blue hole, quite a number of free divers have lost their lives in recent years. It ...
What more beautiful than the crystal clear blue waters of THE BAHAMAS!!! Snorkeling where the fish life is still a plenty. And we hook up with a well accomplished delivery skipper PAUL BADENHORST. He's got so much talent and is never shy to share informat...
We're off to the BAHAMAS. But the things we encountered during this passage was something you DO NOT WANT TO SEE on the big blue ocean. Real scary stuff.
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We visit our last stop in the BVI, Cooper Island, did some provising in Road Town, and when we were ready to check out, BAM, the big C hit Sisu 😔. We got a positive test result.
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The BVI has one surprise after the other, we discovered THE BATHS. And for the first time ever, Frik actually enjoyed . . . . no wait, LOVED hiking. Come join us on this spectacular maize of tunnels and crevasses. And the thought "what if these rocks com...
We visit a couple of funky places in the bay between Prickly Pear Island and Virgin Gorda. But doing all those stops with the dinghy just made Petro realize that there is just no ladylike manner to get into our out the dinghy, specially when it's low tide...
We visit the infamous WILLY T floating pub and set sail for Anegada, where we made amazing friends and visited a number of pubs along the way. Got pretty Tipsy at the Tipsy bar after we walked the soles off our shoes.
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Come join us as we visit the first island in the BVI, Jost van Dyk. We got to buy local South African drinks, SAVANNA, and visited the famous FOXY's and SOGGY DOLLAR. Do you know where the name comes from? Please leave a comment and tell us the story be...
We have sailed 23,337nm in three years covering 80 latitudes (south to north) and 100 longitudes (east to west).
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We had a blast with Adriaan on the boat, and said a sad goodbye in St Vincent before heading off on a 3 day passage to the BVI. We often miss South African food, so we used the amazing sailing conditions to experiment how to make our own BOEREWORS (sausag...
We visit the smallest island with only ONE UMBRELLA on it! We are still having an absolute blast with Adriaan on board, smiles and laughter all around. We showed him another small island, with only a bar on it, built entirely on conch shells, and blow hi...
Lobster Season in Tobago Cays!!! We were amazed at the amount of lobsters you can get in lobster season, you can have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, AND SO CHEAP!!! Whether you have it on shore at one of the Lobster BBQs or buy from the local fisherma...
This week we show you the different ways to rig a mooring ball, how to catch the ball, what to look for when selecting a mooring ball, and what goes on beneath a mooring ball.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Types of Mooring Rigging
05:05 Sisu / Bridal Mooring Setup
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So it turns out that the island Canouan is following close in Mystique Islands footsteps as becoming extremely exclusive and expensive. The two resorts on the eastern side rates are considered THE most expensive in the entire Caribbean. We never got to s...
Without realizing it, we landed bang smack in the middle of Lobster country! WHOOP WHOOP You can eat as much lobster as your insides can handle, and then some more. Lobsters EVERYWHERE!! As we are not skilled in the art of catching them, we decided to s...
Magda is still on Sisu, so we decided to go sailing with her, that is one of the reasons she came to visit, right? We left Grenada and headed for Carriacou, We sailed around the island and also visited Petit St Vincent and Petit Martinique, where we snorke...
My TWIN sister came to visit!!!!!!!!!
But first of all: We've had terrible luck with our electronics lately. Firstly our brand new GoPro 10 decided to eat our SD Cards, and then my laptop, with ALL the footage of when my sister arrived on SISU plus our...
We finally left Suriname, no more muddy toilets. We had a very smooth downwind 6 day sail all the way to Grenada, even caught a fish!! We still not sure what type of fish it was, so please comment.
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Would you E-Foil in Piranha invested waters?? Well it surely was a very quick way of learning, trying to get onto that board as quick as possible. We had an amazing time in Suriname, from interacting with Sloths, to exploring the Jungle and chasing snakes...
Come and explore the Jungle with us, we had so much fun in Suriname, never knew there was so much excitement in a JUNGLE.
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We finally reached SURINAME. Entering a muddy Piranha infested river, with high currents against us. Took us a good 8 hours to reach our destination, negotiating a humongous bridge and huge floating islands.
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This week we share some practical tips how to leave the docks with a catamaran.
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If you watched our previous episode, you will recall that this passage to the Amazon Jungle in Suriname, was by far the worst we've experienced. Our rigging took a serious beating, and on top of that, what is a passage without something breaking LOL
A bi...
We have sailed through a couple of hectic storms already, but this was by far the worst, most uncomfortable sail ever. Storms lasts a couple of hours, but this was like 5 days 24 hours a day, of non stop, tiresome bumpy sailing. We just could not get Sisu ...
What was supposed to be a momentous occasion, Frik checking into his 100th country!!!! turned out to be such a disappointment. Lots of factors involved, our South African Passports (commonly known as the Green Mamba), countries closing their borders due ...
While the cat's away, the mouse will play . . . . . Petro went for her first solo sail!! It was also the first time Sisu went on a mooring ball, so lots of firsts to be had this week. We also share how we prepared Sisu when we left for South Africa
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It is quite scary when you dive a wreck and the skies are clear blue, but when you look again, you're in the middle of a squall. This week we sail up the eastern coast of Antigua, where you will find lovely anchor spots with long beaches. Due to covid we ...
When there are Coral Reefs all around and your anchor spot is smack bang in the middle of it, you turn on all your navigation equipment AND keep your eyes peeled . . . . Oh and did I mention, in very shallow waters too . . . .
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This week we will be starting with the Theory of Docking in the series of how to sail a catamaran. Granted, we knew absolute nothing about boats when we moved onto Sisu and two months later we sailed away from South Africa. Now, after more than 22,000nm, 8...
We KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about sailing, and here we are, more than 20 000 miles later, in the CARIBBEAN. We crossed a couple of latitudes on the way, dodged a couple of storms, landed up in a couple of storms, and enjoyed awesome sailing. If we can do it...
We cheered the ladies winning team of the Talisker Atlantic Challenge Race as they reached the finish line after rowing for 42 days across the Atlantic. And a couple of days later we rescued another rowing team, the Atlantic Bash, as they had a faulty dag...
So we finally crossed the Atlantic Ocean after 22 days of sailing and arrived at Antigua, in the Caribbean, where we bump into SV La Vagabonde.
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With all the commotion going on regarding faulty bulkheads, we decided to check Sisu's bulkheads. Petro is all alone on board in hurricane season and zone, will it be safe for her to sail to safety should a hurricane approach?
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Christmas in JULY!!!! Nooo. Come along and join us on Part 2 of our crossing the mighty Atlantic Ocean. We had a very naughty and wonderful Xmas in the middle of nowhere, what an incredible experience!
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Come along and join us on this momentous occasion as we cross the mighty Atlantic Ocean. AND we got to catch some fish, imagine that!!!!
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Big reveal, what new sails did we get? What exciting times getting Sisu in Ship Shape condition in preparation for the BIG ATLANTIC CROSSING! We get hauled out for the third time, went e-scootering around Lanzarote and celebrated Petro's birthday.
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