SOUTH AFRICA

We are here! 4 and a half days of plenty of wind and a good smacking as we approached the coast that saw us beating into 45 knots of wind... Moonwalker didn't like it at all and she sustained a bit of damage but crew is safe and sound and loving all the civilized facilities! Soon a good update with photos and plenty stories will come. Meanwhile we are just stoked to be here: WE ARE IN AFRICA!

Weather Gods

And another joke from the weather Gods on us: unable to shake off the sea breeze/land breeze effect from the Madagascar coast we have missed the weather window we wanted. However we have now noticed it was to our advantage as winds where variable on the middle of the channell. So we have been heading south and are now approaching the town of Bello Sur Mer. Apparently this is where all the big sailing coastal trades vessels are build so we are really looking forward to check it out. No sign of a weather window for another 3 days so we might as well make the most of it. We have visited the Barren Islands which are very barren indeed and have been able to do some real good sailing in the afternoons with 80 miles days covered without too much hassle.