Vessel Name: | Charlotte |
Vessel Make/Model: | Roberts 45 Charter |
Hailing Port: | Richards Bay |
Crew: | Willem, Dylan, Charlotte, Mikel |
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Extra: | Would love to be going South this year... |
Had a great sail to Inhaca with Ully onboard Andrea Helena this year. Total crew were myself, Ully, Andy, Margeret, Dagny, Barbara, Peter and Shannon. We didn't race and left to beat the SW. Caught some fish on the way up. Ully had to clean up the solenoid contacts to get the motor started. I had a bad experience when what I suspect to have been an ulcer in my chest burst.
A picture of Andrea Helena. Ully Shokkos, her owner, has been working steadily on refurbishing her over the last three years and hopes to sail her to Cyprus where his family live. I sailed with him in 2013. It was an enjoyable sail. Andrea handles well.
It has been a while since I last posted a blog here. A lot has happened and I'll try to keep it short.
Sitting here in Charlotte's radio room, the sun beating through the starboard beam and very little wind, I'm not picking up much of the maritime net other than Graham's determined progress through maritime mobiles and coastal stations. Feeling guilty about not writing up a full log, there's simply too [...]
Sitting here listening to BOSANOVA - Stones I'm wondering what to say. I could say this is it, I'm over this, I'm outta here, but I'm not. It would be nice to find a new place to tie up, somewhere far from here. Perhaps I will move down to Durban, East London maybe. Meet some new people, get a job! I guess my drive is too full of Richards Bay. This new corner in front of Dros has its moments, is accessible to my kids, I can park the car right next to the boat on the wharf. If I could only afford to take Driekie to the Dros! I could do with a proper camera so that I could show you how cool it is here. My webcam wire is too short for a picture from the car park. Visitors browsing, speculating, stimulating their dreams or showing off what they know (or don't know) about boats. Certainly a lot more activity than the yacht club walk on! The picture shows Charlotte in similar weather on the yacht club walk on before our attempt to sail to Madagascar!