Quick Posts
Short updates on where Anjea is and what we are up to.
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The Curlicues
Leaving Africa all our pumps decided to go on the blink. First the fridge fresh water cooling pump lost its prime.
Then, just as we rounded Pelican Point out of Walvis bay, the raw water …
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We are cleared out!
Time to go. The deep sea calls. We leave tomorrow morning.
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Walvis Bay
I set a line and 30 minutes later we have a yellow tail kingfish, just perfect for two or three meals for two people.
After motoring for 16 hours a small breeze springs up from behind. I set …
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Fog and Calm
Cold damp fog overnight and this morning. Its 1015 and it’s still slightly foggy and heavily overcast. Merel started the engine on her watch overnight and it’s been running ever since. The forecast …
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Expensive First-World Junk
Yes, a sailing boat needs wind but this too much. We had 25kn all night. The swell is huge and the surf spectacular, so there is no way we are going ashore here in Hottentot. The Iridium Go stopped …
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Hottentot Bay
30 knots of wind as we anchored well offshore after a good sail up from Lüderitz. It’s great to be moving again after spending a bit too long in Lüderitz living up to some commitments. The desert …
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Lüderitz
We were officially welcomed into Lüderitz by Customs and Immigration yesterday. We clear in together with Perry, a wonderful family on a catamaran whom we’d met before, and it was relaxed laughs and …
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Catching Snook
Buy the lure recommended by Gary in Richards Bay. Mine has 3 medium hooks and a bunch of fine, frilly plastic decoration that doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen in the sea, and is called …
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Many Fishermen But No Fish
We are zipping along at over 6 knots. Lots of fishing boats, the occasional cargo ship or tanker and the occasional mystery ship that doesn’t advertise it’s purpose in life. I am reading Eckhart …
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Light Overnight
Conditions moderated through the day yesterday and we motored thru flat seas and no wind most of the night. The wind has picked up nicely now, but from North, while the latest forecast has it from …