Living Large by Living Little!
Traveling the world in large ways and living minimalistically!
The past couple of days we’ve been making consistent headway towards Brazil. The wind has been lacking at times, but for the most part between the asymmetrical spinnaker and the large genoa, we’ve had enough to continue our progress. We are still experiencing battery problems and have continued each evening without AIS or GPS Plotter … Continue reading Sailing Towards Brazil from St Helena
We ran into Jamestown today to get checked out and do our last minute internet and shopping. This is somewhere I would like to return to some day. St Helena’s people are so nice and friendly. Everybody we passed asked us if we were “alright” and seemed genuinely interested in us being there and having … Continue reading Sailing from St Helena to Brazil
Sharing some pics from our passage from Namibia to St Helena.
I can honestly say this morning that I'm tired of sailing on this passage. It's been a nice passage for the most part, but the past couple of days the constant back and forth of the boat has started to wear on me. The wind has been consistently behind us almost the entire trip and … Continue reading Sailing from Namibia to St Helena, March 10th
March 7th, 2019 We are still making headway toward St Helena. We are now currently under 600 miles to our destination. The past 24 hours we ran under motor, trying to get the batteries recharged sufficiently after depleting them to 50% yesterday. The hope was that depleting and recharging them would make a change in … Continue reading Sailing from Namibia to St Helena, Power, Sailing, and Shakespeare!
Finally the day has come when we will be heading west across the Atlantic!
Sailing from Luderitz to Namibia. A diary of a night watch and discussion of the importance of auto-pilot, or as I like to call it, Otto.
It’s been a fun week in Luderitz. Next stop? Walvis Bay, Namibia!
A Day in Luderitz, Namibia's First Port.
Day 3 on our way to Namibia. A little bit about our destination and a huge pod of Dolphins.
Sailing from Cape Town to Namibia, Day 2. Troubles with the Chart Plotter and oh yeah, we saw a whale in the distance.
Today is the second day back on the boat, but the first day back on the ocean. It’s been great being back on the water. We left Cape Town around 10 am and are sailing towards Namibia, about a 4-day passage. All three of us have had bouts of seasickness at various levels as we … Continue reading Back in the Saddle Again
Quick summary of where I stand after the past month or so of no blogging.
Rounding Cape Agulhas this morning as we crossed the border between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
Durban, South Africa is an interesting town and we enjoyed our visit there.
Traveling the ICW and Great Loop, a fantastic way to explore the US on a boat!
Bazaruto was my favorite place traveling down the coast of Mozambique, without really visiting the country.
A gale force wind gives us the ride of the week as we travel to Richards Bay, South Africa
It is interesting to me the perspective changes I have had over the past couple of years as I have traveled around the world. Don't get me wrong, I've been traveling since I was a kid. My family moved from Arizona to England for 4 years when I was 5, then to California and I … Continue reading Changing Your Perspective Through Travel
As we sit here in the bay of Alhaca Island, Mozambique, waiting for the storm to come thru and ravish the ocean around us, (but hopefully more so out there, than in here) we are rocking and rolling. We anchored in 7 meters of depth and put out all of our 60 meters of chain … Continue reading Rock & Rolling, Waiting for the Storm
Living Large by Living Little! 