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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Way too busy
We are getting down to the final week of work on Tahina in the boatyard. Things have been really crazy this week. Actually, the boatyard wasn’t the biggest distraction. The boat parts (and other things) we had shipped from the … Continue reading
Posted in Boat Maintenance, News, Sightseeing
Tagged boatyard, camera, FedEx, South Africa, tahina
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Photos of Wildlife from our First Africa Safaris
Last week, we took a three day break from the boat yard work to go on our first Africa safaris to see some wildlife. We teamed up with our friends Paul and Gina from s/v Solace and went first to … Continue reading
Back in the Boatyard
After we arrived in Richards Bay, we were told to tie up at the International wharf which is next to the Tuzi Gazi marina. A local sailboat charter captain gave us directions and helped tie us up. He also gave … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sightseeing
Tagged Africa, boatyard, repair, Richards Bay, saildrive, tahina, work, Zululand Yacht Club
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Seven Day Trip to South Africa from Madagascar
We left Mahajanga at the crack of dawn on the 17th of September from our anchorage near Katsepy in the Mahajanga Bay of Madagascar. Our destination was Richards Bay in South Africa about 1400 miles away. Our friends on Solace … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Passages, repair, Richards Bay, sailing, tahina, Whales
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Mahajanga
Our last planned stop in Madagascar was the city of Mahajanga. We planned to do one last provisioning run there before we left to sail down the Mozambique Channel to South Africa. We had a weather window that looked good … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged City, Madagascar, Mahajanga, Preparations, Race, sailing, tahina
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Nosy Iranja Beach 360 Panorama
Back in early October we mentioned we had stopped at an island for lunch that had one of the best beaches we have visited in the world. The island is called Nosy Iranja in Madagascar and has an ultra-white sand … Continue reading
Posted in 360 Panoramas, News, Sightseeing
Tagged 360, Beach, Boats, Iranja, Madagascar, nosy, Panorama, Sea, tahina, tropical
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Moramba Bay
In our last post, we talked about our sailing in late in the day to Moramba Bay. This is a beautiful place with lots of little islands in a big beach-lined bay. We had read there are lemurs near here, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged Anchorage, baobab, Beach, Eagle, islands, lemur, Madagascar, Resort, sifaka, tahina, trees
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Fish Stories and Screw Ups
We left “BarackObama” Bay (my nickname for Baramahamay Bay) the next morning at the crack of dawn. Our objective was only 35 miles away, we motored out the river (no wind here anyway) and then got out the river mouth … Continue reading
Posted in News, Passages, Sightseeing
Tagged adventure, block, breakage, Fishing, Madagascar, mast, sailing, tahina, Whales
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