Author: Dimitri
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23. Is Cape Town the worst place to start cruising?
An update as to what is happening with us in St Helena and our plans to fly back to Cape Town. We also elaborate on our reasons for taking a break from cruising and why Cape Town might be the worst place to get started cruising.
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22. The Trap of Downwind Sailing
What is the downwind sailing trap and what does it mean for would be sailors? We talk about a big decision we made just this week, why we have come to that decision, our immediate and future plans.
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Video, take one
We uploaded our first two videos on YouTube, follow our channel for more: www.youtube.com/@svtropicaldawn
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21. Dark side of St Helena
This week we touch on some of the underbelly stuff that we have learnt over the time that we have been here. There is no perfect place in the world, all countries have their issues and St Helena is no different.
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20. What we don’t talk about
This week we talk about the things we usually don’t talk about such as money and the difficulty with getting online or getting certain things. We don’t like complaining but we do want to mention these, so that’s what this week’s episode is about.
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19. Life on St Helena (continued)
This week we talk about Coco’s play date with Pepe, our freedive course, waking up at night in fear of running aground (don’t worry, everything was fine), yachts leaving and arriving, watching Hornblower and Dirty Dancing, and more.
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18. S/V Trinity
This week on Sailing Tropical Dawn we have guests on our podcast, or rather we were guests on board of S/V Trinity. Franko, Annalie, and their daughter Sadie talk about their sailing experience so far, buying a second hand Dean 365 catamaran and sailing it from Knysna, South Africa to St Helena island.
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It’s been a while
We have not been posting on our blog since we left Walvis Bay over a month ago. That is mostly because the internet here on St Helena island is very slow, unreliable, and expensive. We’ll write a post about that (the dodgy internet on the island) and about some other challenges we’ve encountered here so…
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17. What we did this week on St Helena island
Another week on this small island in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean and some more adventures. The past week we rented a car, drove around the island, found a stone that rings when you hit it, groomed some donkeys at the donkey sanctuary, the ship finally arrived and we were able to get…
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