S/V Solar Planet

Beneteau Idylle 15,5

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Arrival at Durban

08 November 2014 | Durban Marina
Swen
Hi,

we arrived at Durban yesterday in the morning, after leaving Richards Bay at Thursday by 16,30 in the afternoon.

This passage was easy, little wind from east, later n-east. From here we start a tour at Monday to Johannesburg, Pretoria and Kruger National Park. We having a rental car for 14 days from tomorrow on. The Marina is right in the Center of the city and safe for the ship.

Resuming Madagascar and Mosambique :

Madagascar we liked a lot. It is surely a pure country , but nice people, and on's know that there try to steal what ever there can, you ensure your staff and watch out more as normal and than it is fine. We met a lot of interesting people, nice animals, anchored again at beautiful beaches and islands and spend five good weeks there.

Mosanbique, we did not checked in, but visited 3 places down the way seeking shelter when bad weather came around. The first one, Bazaruto was very interesting and kind of awesome whit that big dunes and very blue waters.

The secound one, Linga Linga, was nothing special, but we visited the two Cities near by, Inhambane and Maxixe, bought fresh staff and had a little insights of all. Nice being together there with four other ships and meet several times together.

The third stop over at Ilha of Inhaca , opposite from Maputo, the Capital from Mosambuique, at the island and village of Inhaca was a nice anchorage, visiting the villages, getting fuel there and relaxed two days.

Richard Bay, our first stop at South Africa we did not like very much. The Harbor basin is nice, with lots of restaurant around to meet with many sailors, but the surrounding area , as well as the Zulu Yacht Club was not our choice. And the coal dust , leaving lots of black stuff on the ship, was dreadful.

Now we looking ahead to our trip inland and get a glimpse from South Africa. Katrin has been several times here in South Africa, coming by airplane with kids and family. I never visited the Country fore the Apartheid reasons in the past.

I opend the Albums for Madagascar, Mosambique and South Africa and filed the Pictures in, the ones from Thailand north and Cambodia , I still haven'd them ready yet, but there will come......

Hasta la vista Amigos,

los Vagabundos del Mart

Swen & Katrin
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Vessel Name: Solar Planet
Vessel Make/Model: Beneteau Idylle 15,5
Hailing Port: Bonn - Germany
Crew: Swen & Katrin
About:
01.04.2009 Katrin is by the start 49 years young, physiotherapist , mother of four Kids and lived until two years ago, in the town of Bonn, Bad Godesberg near Cologne in Germany. In the " Sailing World " she is a greenhorn. [...]
Extra:
The Vessel : Sloop, Beneteau Idylle 15.5 built in 1986. The roller furling main and mast as well as the rolling furling system for genua and staysail are from 1992. The Idylle series has been built by Beneteau only for some years, in which there wanted to compare in the market with Cruising [...]
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