Hello Everyone! I am so sorry we have not osted for a long time. We were trying to post thru sailmail and after a few weeks we got all our blog entries kicked back. Couldn't really diagnose what the problem was so I'll just bring everyone up to date now. We had a slow crossing with light winds and with [...]

Departing tomorrow (Saturday, Mar. 13th) towards St.Helena after a fuel up and a service call and replacement of our Garmin radar (hurrah for warranty coverage!). Kevin and Rika from Knysna Yacht Company have been terrific throughout the build and sea trials from Knysna to Capetown. We have had a wonderful visit to Capetown but look forward to our crossing. We also want to acknowledge the help of John Titherton (sp) from multihulls4us for his genorous time and sage advice on the crossing as well as helping to get our airmail system up and running through Single Side Band RF.

Departure to Capetown will likely be Saturday, March 6th.

Still at Harbor going through another week of fine tuning and fitup. Pictures were taken of all sail configurations and will be posted later this week. Workers from Knysna Yacht Co. will be on the boat all this week. Hopefully we can get the generator up and running (fuel line needs to be bled). Once that is done we will be able to communicate to the blog more often. Departure to Capetown will likely be the first weather window after Feb 23rd. Mast reset with an adjustment to the furling rig will take place in Capetown as well as a Garmin software upgrade then it is on to St. Helena. Ciao for now!

Hello! After a looong flight, Jeff and I arrived 1/27 to beautiful South Africa! Despite exhaustion, we were whisked to the factory and finally got to see Flamingo! I thought I would cry but I was just too darned tired! The boat is truly fantastic and it is bigger than I thought. Jeff kept saying "WOW!" We've had a few slow days as the yard prepares for launch tomorrow. We will meet at the factory at 5:30 am and walk (nervously) behind the boat to the harbor. We didn't have internet connection over the last few days so we are behind in our posts. We will hopefully have photos on the next one showing the launch. Thank you all for your good wishes and especially to our friends and family who put us up and put up with us through the last few months. Now that we're here, it's all been worth it! Til later. Susan

Hello everyone! This is just to let you know that you've reached the Flamingo blog site for Susan & Tim's new Knysna 480 catamaran. We will be leaving within the next few weeks for Knysna and the launch of our boat. We'll be sure to keep you updated once we're on our way to South Africa. In the meantime, we're still in the Bay Area wrapping up details. Happy New Year everyone!