Waiting

"Sea Wolff" on the right, in her new mooring at the Cape Grace Marina.
The yacht on the left is the same make of yacht that will be travelling with us in Feb 2010.
The 7 m SSB radio arial goes on soon, thats going to look strange. A normal yacht would have this arial in the mast but as we dont have a mast we need to put up a huge arial. This will enable us to get weather reports and send basic emails while crossing the Atlantic.

dolphins on the bow

We had the amazing experience today of sailing with Dolphins. They swam around the boat and seemed to love being just infront of us. Sadly the sun was not out but the water was beautifully clear. They stayed with us for about 30 minutes, a real treat. We were just off Camps Bay , Cape Town. They are the Long-Beaked Common Dolphins.

Penguins

There are so many penguins (African penguin) about. We normally see one here and there but over the last 3 weeks we have seen large groups of penguins. Really great to see them as they are soo shy, we cant get very close to them. No whales have been spotted for a few weeks now. Really miss seeing them.
We tested the water maker out at see today and everything worked very well.

Sat 12 Sept we went to see the ship that was washed onto the Blaauberg beach by strong winds, during the week. She is carrying coal and is stuck in the sand. We were able to drive right around her as its about 10m deep there. We waved to the chaps working on board.

Sat 30 August, flat seas and no wind. We decided to cruise to Hout Bay to have lunch and fill the Diesel tanks. Passed this wreck on the way. It got very windy in Hout Bay and I was busy preparing the mooring lines so no video clips. Baked a very tasty loaf of bread on the way. Made a great tea time snack with jam and cheese.