Cape Town steeped in maritime history as it is, sailors’ pilgrimages were the order of the day. Before the end of the Oddgodfrey’s first week, we were already feeling 30% more sailor-ly than we did upon arrival.
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With the whole fleet’s lines secured to their dock slip of choice, holiday festivities of 2021 were under way. Just like celebrating on land, we enjoy the antics of Crazy-Uncle-Pete, a series of culinary successes, and the kind of epic Christmas Dessert failure that places 2021 in the “Most Mem
We had arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, a world class city designed from its inception to replenish a sailors’ spirit. Join us for the start of a whole series of posts all about living the Cape Town Life and preparing Sonrisa, her Wine Cellar, and our souls to cross the South Atlantic Ocean 2022.
We simply were not going to escape the Cape of Storms without battling an onboarding wave or two. After rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town gave us a taste of its fierce Katabatic winds that fall off its scenic table mountain and shake unsuspecting sailors to death on a perfectly beautiful sun
We cast off from Knysna to complete our final sailing passage down South Africa’s “Shipwreck Coast” to round Cape Agulhas (the Southern most point of South Africa) and Cape of Good Hope, two capes competing for the title of the “Greatest Capes”. Will our rounding test which Cape
We’ve been asked “how did you do it?” one million times. How did we achieve our dream to cast off and sail around the world? Spreadsheets are always the answer. Join us in this blog post to enjoy a bit of Knysna, South Africa scenery and to make our looming “next route” decision
How do sailing cruisers decide where to go next? Many sailors have a route and a plan set in stone, guiding their every sea mile. We used to! It seems that went out the window a while ago, and now here we are trying to feel our way around in the dark. Where should we go next and when? That’s the de
The LiLly Pond Lodge After our hike, we turned the car about and drove the five minutes back to Lilly Pond. We turned left into the gate and announced our arrival through a little speaker that connected us directly to Nils. He let us in, and they both met us in the parking lot for welcome hugs. &am
At risk of being trapped in Knysna, we set off in search of long lost sailors who are currently testing the theory that sailors can successfully return to land and re-enter polite society after this ocean-going dalliance is done. Join us in this series of blog posts as we enjoy the South African’ Ga
We sailors aren’t really superstitious anymore, but… Join us on the next leg of our passage down South Africa’s Coast of Storms. We test our favor with Neptune as we attempt to enter the dreaded Knysna Heads where, if we succeed, we will be met with a yacht club steeped in history and gin distille
I’m not supersticious, black cat just crossed my trail . . . (sf)