Quick Posts
Short updates on where Anjea is and what we are up to.
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Half Way
For the past few days the wind has been getting lighter and as it does we go slower. Now we are doing less than 2 knots, so slow we jumped off the back of the boat and went for a swim – one at a …
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Merel in the Middle
It’s been good sailing since we left. The first day the fastest up to 9 knts and last few days nice and steady between 5&6 knts. The waves have only been getting easier too. Slowly but surely we …
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A Tangle
Talking about it afterwards we both knew that the genoa sheet was chafing against the pole jaws and was likely to give way, we just didn’t know it was going to be dinner time yesterday!
So I …
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More of the Same
The sun is up and we have cloud today, so less solar and will need to run the engine more to make it up. I am experimenting with a new strategy using both battery banks and both alternators, and …
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The South Atlantic Ocean
Along the West African coast, north from Cape Town, the sea is a grey-green soup filled with life sustained by the Benguila Current flowing up from the Antarctic. Once we left the coast off Walvis …
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Still No Fish
Three days out and I still have caught no fish, but we’re hanging in there with a line out all day. There were a couple small flying fish on the deck but I’d have to be desperate to eat them. …
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Settling In
A small sliver of moon in a sky full of silver stars, with the faintest hint of dawn behind us. It is 0500 and the start of my next 4hr watch. A mostly clear sky promises good solar power today, …
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No Fish (yet)
The crew were incapable of manning the boat yesterday, so we stayed another day. Something to do with that Friday night party and the bottle of Tequila.
But this morning we finally drop our …
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Goodbye Saint Helena
We cleared out of St Helena yesterday and partied with the Saints till early this morning. Everyone was at the yacht club, including an audience of locals to cheer on the dancers. The band forgot …
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No Date
Merel has gone camping for Easter, I’m on the boat, and we’ve given up trying to set a date for leaving St Helena. Several new boats have arrived with more on the way from Cape Town, some of whom …