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
Let’s just say, the passage from Richard’s Bay to East London goes down as one of the most physically miserable passages we have experienced in 24,000 miles of sailing. And, it made the cat angry. But Sonrisa hit another water-speed record while riding the Agulhas Current like a runaway speed train.
The question of our future follows us into some of South Africa’s most beautiful terrain as we Meander through the Midlands and onward to Drackensberg and Cathedral Peak. Enjoy some hiking and exploring South Africa with us while we avoid life’s pesky: “what’s next” question.
Source: Meandering — OddGodfrey: The Oddly Compelling Story of a Sailing Circumnavigation of the World
You remember the Oddgodfreys? Used to sail a lot, and post a lot. Well, finally, here they are again, after ONE, count it, ONE post this year! Yoiks! Don’t they realize that if they don’t post, I actually have to write my own stuff???
Okay, joking. Glad to have them back. Here is the latest, and there are two more. From here, just follow the links on their blog!
The Oddgodfreys commence their by-land wandering through South Africa. Leaving Sonrisa tied up to her slip at the Zululand Yacht Club, we embark into wild and unknown territory involving ramps to the moon, holes into the center of the earth, and hopefully, ghosts!
We reached the shores of Richard’s Bay, South Africa and planned to stay for only a few days. Days stretched to weeks as the weather stayed true to form on the coast known as Shipwreck Coast.