Early in the morning we left Richards bay in our rental car. Our destination: Zululand game parks and African animals where we would go in search of the big five. The phrase Big Five Game was coined by big game hunters and refers to the fiv…
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Passage from Madagascar to South Africa
We left Madagascar from Baly Bay, just north of Cap Saint Andre, on October 13 and arrived in South Africa at Richards Bay on October 20. We had several anchoring spots on the Mozambique coast researched and plotted since most boats are not lucky enou…
Passage from Madagascar to South Africa
We left Madagascar from Baly Bay, just north of Cap Saint Andre, on October 13 and arrived in South Africa at Richards Bay on October 20. We had several anchoring spots on the Mozambique coast researched and plotted since most boats are not lucky enou…
Madagascar – Month Two
Our second month in Madagascar was even better than our first. We had most of the broken boat bits fixed and we could re-visit the best spots in the Nosy Be area. We met up again with Peter and Ulla aboard Lovina. They had re…
Madagascar – Month Two
Our second month in Madagascar was even better than our first. We had most of the broken boat bits fixed and we could re-visit the best spots in the Nosy Be area. We met up again with Peter and Ulla aboard Lovina. They had re…
Our visit Ankarana Park- By Emily
It was six o’clock in the morning and the sun had just risen. Mom, Dad, and I were taken to shore by Peter in his dingy. We said goodbye to our boat Emily Grace which was rafted next to Peter’s boat Lovina. Once ashore, we took a taxi from Crater Bay t…
Our visit Ankarana Park- By Emily
It was six o’clock in the morning and the sun had just risen. Mom, Dad, and I were taken to shore by Peter in his dingy. We said goodbye to our boat Emily Grace which was rafted next to Peter’s boat Lovina. Once ashore, we took a taxi from Crater Bay t…
Mayotte
Pirate attacks have been mainly north of Mayotte, but we were still concerned. We timed our departure so that we spent most of our time offshore in the relative protection of darkness. We ran without AIS, running lights and only used RADAR …
Mayotte
Pirate attacks have been mainly north of Mayotte, but we were still concerned. We timed our departure so that we spent most of our time offshore in the relative protection of darkness. We ran without AIS, running lights and only used RADAR …
The building of the Sailing Yacht Sea Dragon
The outrigger canoe dhow is present in parts of the Indian Ocean including, East Africa, Comoro Islands the Maldives and parts of India which are substantially older cultures than that of Oceania and so some would speculate that the outrigger canoe m…
