Simons Bay
Digiboat's "Product Testing"
Simon Blundell
Sat 16 Nov 2013 07:40
34:11.10S 018:25.75E
1754z 15/11
Had a terrific sail
around the Cape yesterday with the boss on board for his maiden voyage and
dropped anchor a few hundred metres off the beach at Simons
Town.
Bernard
on foredeck with Cape of Good Hope in the background
Screen
Shot of round the Cape, and Skipper at the wheel arriving Simons
Town
The sea life from
Cape Town to the Cape of Good Hope was phenomenal. Only 30 miles or so, but saw
seals, (which are just everywhere here), dolphins, whales, a shark or ray (no
consensus on this one), and other menu items.
Speaking of which,
we ate our way through a few game reserves at the restaurants at the
Waterfront - springbok, ostrich, alligator, kudu and all the
regular farmyard animals as well. Great food here if you're not a
vegetarian.
Speaking of which,
Julie unfortunately had to fly home due to a medical condition. All sorry to see
her go and shame she couldn't complete the journey across the Indian as
well.
Speaking of which,
we'd be out starting our crossing but for a large storm currently pounding us at
anchor. Squalls of 30-40kn at anchor and blinding rain so we've bunkered down
and waiting for the conditions to settle overnight for a departure hopefully
around noon Saturday. We're not so concerned about the wind strength and the
rain, but the direction is SE so we'd be on the nose for the first few
hundred miles with a vmg of bugger all, so holed up for a day here and charging
out with favourable wind is unlikely to shorten our crossing
time.
SJB