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Crossing Oceans
The world of blue engulfed us. Like good subjects, we acquiesced ourselves to her rule; her wind, her waves, her life. I’ve spent so much time at sea this year, it’s like home – being Read more…
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Namibia Beckons
I couldn’t believe that we were finally off! After so many farewells and false starts and restarts; could it actually be that we were truly sailing out of Hout Bay? For good? Morwenna chugged out Read more…
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50 Days of Sea
It was too good to be true… Thursday, 12 June, 14:57 The boat was about as ready as it would ever be – supplies, spares, repairs, even the crew was ready and that says a Read more…
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Time to Leave… For Real this Time!
We should have known that Panama wouldn’t let us go too easily… It’s Panama…. Nothing and I mean NOTHING is easy!!! I successfully checked us out in the manner our wonderful agent had advised (you Read more…
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Pirates, and we´re not even in the Carribean
When I was little I always wanted to be a pirate and go around commandeering tea and cake… I wish all pirates were that cool… So we (Three saffas, an Aussie, and the infamous bear) Read more…
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Out of the Abyss : Still a Blip in a Vortex of Blue
[continued from http://barefootedgypsy.blogspot.com/2012/11/into-abyss-but-blip-in-ocean.html] Week 3 and still we hadn’t caught up to the drowning sun. The heavens still had balls of fire to fling about. The ocean still held suicidal fish to die upon our Read more…