This morning I found a quick WhatsApp message from Irene at 3:36am PST that they were moored at St. Helena. AIS on a (historic) satellite view confirms it.
Land ho! St. Helena lies before us.
The docks at the Hout Bay marina are a prime hangout for harbor seals. Lots of them sunning themselves on the docks, or splashing around playing in the water. Adorable.
We took Vingilótë out for a day sail up to Cape Town. Along the way we saw dolphins, a whale, and of course many seals. Got to practice putting up, using, and taking down our large Code Zero...
Sunday we went out for a bit, sailed down to Cape Town to get some drone shots of Vingilótë against Table Mountain, to tour the Inner Harbor of Cape Town. We had a blast. We ran down wind with the...
I made 23 trips to Cape Town from May 2016 through November 2019. All but six times of that I stayed at the Radisson Blu on the Waterfront, a lovely hotel with phenomenal staff, and a large terrace...
Vingilótë’s first trip is complete. 354 nm in 42 hours. We slowed down the last four hours or so to get to the Hout Bay Marina in daylight, so we figure we could have made it in 39 hours.
We can see the entrance to Hout Bay and can just see the lights of our destination. We managed to outrun the low pressure front.
We rounded Cape Hood Hope!