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January 12, 2017
Position: 29º 51.798′ S 31º 1.422′ E We are looking forward to heading South tomorrow. The weather window looks good and, if we are lucky, we might be able to push all the way through to Cape Town. This next stretch of coast is called the Wild Coast, and has a reputation for bad behavior. […]
January 11, 2017
Here’s a short but fantastic video done by the same guy that did New Year’s Ink Audio Credit: Ehrling Video Credit: Wayne Willis
January 7, 2017
One of the things that I have been surprised with over and over on our trip around the world is how many times virtual strangers have offered to level up our experience by showing us their favorite places. On New Year’s Eve we met Wayne, Robyn, Steve, and Mandy and invited them over to Convivia […]
January 3, 2017
The tradition of [European] sailors tattooing each other dates back to the 1700s when Captain Cook’s crew picked up the practice from the Polynesians. Since then, countless sailors have followed in their intrepid wake. I have chronicled some of my own experiences here, and here, but haven’t spoken much about how we adopted this tradition or […]
January 1, 2017
“We need the tonic of wildness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” —Henry David Thoreau You […]
December 12, 2016
Position: 29º 51.822′ S 31º 1.422′ E Arrived in Durban after the worst single night passage ever. Lucky for us, nothing broke and we are all happy to be here. We’ll spend Christmas and New Years in Durban with our friends, and then continue on to Cape Town and beyond. All is well.
December 5, 2016
Position: 28º 47.688′ S 32º 4.71′ E We are in Richards Bay, South Africa. I’ve been dreaming about this country since college and it seems fitting that we arrived here on the edge of a gale and on the very same day (4 years later) as we arrived in Brisbane. Everyone is excited to see […]
December 5, 2016
Position: 27º 33.558′ S 33º 0.42′ E We had a really peaceful night and a fast first day. We are right on schedule. All is well.
December 5, 2016
Position: 26º 2.832′ S 33º 23.1′ E Hip hip hooray, we are underway, to Richard’s Bay! All is well.
November 23, 2016
Position: 26º 0.882′ S 32º 53.748′ E We decided that today’s weather window was too tight and the consequences too high, so we are waiting for the next one. All is well.