We had a Hectic sail... on 31st we hit 2,8 metre waves coming toward us, at 20 nautical miles out at sea! While fighting the waves the batterns on main sail broke, and there was not enough fuel in the tanks to get us to PE, we had fuel but could not get to the front to pour it in with the wave height and rain, we discovered an ancorage at Bird Island, which is off PE coast, there we anchored for the night in very high rolling waves. There are motor vents which th...

Position: 29 51.98'S 031 01.68'E Time: 15:00 UTC We are leaving our safe anchorage in Durban Harbour with a mixed feeling of both sadness and relief. The weather conditions were good, only waves comming from the SW could gives us a hard time battling against them. The sail out of the harbour is fine and we set for a long night sail with 10 -15kts of wind... More later. Marc

Moving from my Bedfordview house to presently on a passage from Richards Bay to Cape Town, I am amazed at how one is able to down scale from 650 m2 to 60 m2 and from a closet the size of a room, to a hatch, which incredibly is sufficient. If I could travel with a small bag on a stick, I would be happy, because the less you have the further you can go and the faster too. Marc is amazing on the boat he knows how to fix most things and scientifically works out wha...

We are waiting for a suitable weather window to cover at least the 260 nm separating Durban from East London. The Indian Ocean can be extremely rough and we are not trying to challenge Neptune. He has been kind to us so far. If the wind is blowing from the right direction (that is N, NE) we could continue straight to Simons Town....wait and see. The first opportunity seems to be available on the 28th in the afternoon, this means we will still be in Durban Harbou...

Position: 29 51.98'S 031 01.68'E We made it to Durban! After studying the weather files, the departure time from Richards Bay was advanced by 3 hours to avoid a strong headwind that was predicted after 15h sailing. At 3pm (local time) Atlantis set of for her maiden trip. The exit of the channel was a bit "bumpy" due to headwind and strong swell...but this could not stop us to get on our calculated track. Richards Bay port control lost our authorisation document...