We left False Bay, Simon's Town on Tuesday, Feb. 10. We headed towards Cape Point, aka the 'Cape of Storms', but didn't put up any sails as we didn't want to arrive to soon....we we're going slowly in wait for the winds to shift. With bare poles we were doing 4.5 knots! The wind was was on the stern. It was great! It was a gentle ride and a great way to start our passage.

The passage was mellow up until the last day when the wind picked up to 25-30 knots. It was from the stern which was good but the seas got boisterous. Then when we turned at Dias Point to come towards the Port of Luderitz, we saw winds up to 45 knots on the beam.....oh la la! After 2 hours of that, with poor Michael up at the bow (80 km/h) unlashing and preparing our anchor for deployment, we arrived in Robert Harbour, Luderitz just at dark, threw down the anchor and decompressed!

Luderitz is interesting from a first impression. It is very clean with German architecture, but it is very bland. The hills all around are barren and beige.
It has been a nice stop for a few days before we head off to St. Helena, our first major passage in a while.

From Luderitz, Namibia, it is about 1200 nautical miles to St. Helena. At the rate we travel -5 knots per hour - we figure it will take us about 10 days.
We'll leave tomorrow morning (Thurs. Feb. 20). Anchors away!!