Prep time
2024年12月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ -8 °C
Packing up clothes, making lists of provisions, and figuring out the best way people can track me!
Touchdown
2024年12月28日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Table Mountain on the approach. 26degC on the ground!
…at first sight
2024年12月28日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Got out of the cab, walked down the pier, and met Andrew (current owner). We started to walk through the systems until it got dark and have paused until tomorrow. Oh, and we signed the papers soもっと詳しく
Systems day
2024年12月29日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Spent the day reading manuals and joining a thousand different wifi networks. Also went out on the dinghy with a ridiculous electric motor - might have to do something different.
Bought ginger beerもっと詳しく
Electrical!
2024年12月30日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
So there have been a few teething issues to be sorted out. Andrew, the PO, had already ordered replacements for somethings that were glitchy so today the electronics guy came and installed the newもっと詳しく
Denis (the menace)
2025年1月2日, 南アフリカ ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
After a first sail yesterday (main, self-tacking, reefing, daggers, engines, docking, oh my!) came back and had a lovely dinner with Denis and Iryna who are next door. Bonus points to those who knowもっと詳しく
C’est parti!
2025年1月7日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After busy busy days going to the same shops over and over when we needed “just one more thing” we sailed out yesterday bound for the Skeleton Coast.
The last day was full with collecting anもっと詳しく
More trackers!
2025年1月8日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
I’ve managed to rig up a couple more trackers;
PredictWind (shows the current weather around us): https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/displ…
Garmin inReach (slower updateもっと詳しく
Notre capitan
2025年1月9日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Well, not officially - that’s me. But Seb is our North Star - the man in whom we trust and learn from. Regardless of his background and skills being in a different universe from that in which we canもっと詳しく
Sands of time
2025年1月12日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Wow! We were offline for two days as we entered Namibia where Starlink is not allowed and the roaming charges were bananas! But it was so much worth stopping - we climbed “Dune 7” in the afternoonもっと詳しく
Part 2 from Seb
2025年1月15日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Part 2 le 10 janvier 2025
SULA BASSANA -DAZCAT 1495- CAPTOWN -LUDERITZ-WALLIS BAY-ST-HELENE
La deuxième journée de notre navigation se fit au portant dans 8 à 15 nœuds de vent sous le soleilもっと詳しく
The cadence is established
2025年1月15日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Alain a ecrit;
YS SL Blog
Le ciel embrasé couronne la fin d'une nouvelle journée en mer.
Une beauté qui s'impose à toi, les mots sont inutiles.
L'océan, erratique, parfois berceau, d'autres,もっと詳しく
Smoothly does it
2025年1月17日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We are getting slower! The winds are gently dropping as the Saint Helena high enfolds us, and we will have about 24-48h to crawl through. Boat speeds are down to 8kn which feels very relaxing - andもっと詳しく
Clair de lune
2025年1月18日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Last night we stopped completely. Rather than being patient (I feel a little pressure to keep to some semblance of a schedule, possibly a mistake!) we motored for a couple of hours. The wind is backもっと詳しく
Back in time
2025年1月19日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
So jumping back to our little adventure in Namibia, here is a post from Seb:
Part 3 WALLIS BAY-SAINT-HELENE ISLAND
Safari express sur la cote Namibienne
Nous voulions y aller avec Sula Bassana maisもっと詳しく
Voie lactée (et seb)
2025年1月19日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Jon commented a week ago about the amazing stars but Seb and I have been on the watch with the moon instead of spectacular but not the kind of awe-filled experience that the darkness brings. The Milkyもっと詳しく
All at sea
2025年1月21日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Then suddenly the days have passed and you realize you’re starting to forget the stories you’d planned on telling!
We made the briefest of stops in Saint Helena. Long enough to enjoy someもっと詳しく
The lady’s not for turning
2025年1月27日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The forecast was light but the breeze was even lighter. Once we caught another tuna it was a clear sign we were going far too slowly for our schedule for being in Fernando around the 2/2 was inもっと詳しく
Ennui
2025年1月28日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
When the wind stops and the forecast doesn’t show any signs of improvement we eventually realize it’s time to burn diesel. We motored for the last 24h, glued to every new weather forecast in theもっと詳しく
Time reversal
2025年1月30日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
From Seb - Saint Helena:
Saint-Helena fut une escale courte mais sympathique.
A l’aube, je découvris ce gros caillou noir un peu mythique qui me rappela l’histoire lointaine de l’exil deもっと詳しく
New crew!
2025年1月31日, ブラジル ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
When Jon left Sula Bassana in Fernando on Feb 5th and made his way through the slow, hot sweaty port immigration process, I did the reverse. I arrived in Fernando from Ottawa by plane on January 31stもっと詳しく
Almost!
2025年2月3日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
In the last 24 hours the breeze finally came in and we accelerated - fun sailing and everyone is happy. Less than 200nm to Fernando now and it’s a great way to end this chapter. Jon will leave usもっと詳しく
Fernando we missed you
2025年2月5日, ブラジル ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
SAINT-HELENA-FERNANDO de NORONHA ou la traversée de l’atlantique sud par la face Est Nord de l’anticyclone
Au terme de 11 jours de navigation Sula Bassana est arrivé à Fernando avant-hierもっと詳しく
When do you use a "storm jib"?
2025年2月13日, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
Okay, after writing for 30 minutes a beautiful piece of prose, it got dropped by a bad network connection. Argh. Here is the short rewrite!
1. A storm jib is for extreme winds.
2. We didn't haveもっと詳しく






































































