Tag: podcast
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24b. Limbo no more, what is next for Tropical Dawn?
We won’t be flying back to South Africa today, we explain what will happen in today’s bonus episode.
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24. In limbo, what’s going to happen next?
A very short podcast episode today as we are still in limbo wether we can fly back to South Africa with Coco or not. We’ll post updates as soon we know more.
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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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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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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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16. Daily life on St Helena island
We talk about what our week on St Helena island looked like: we went for an (early) night out, celebrated St Helena day and climbed Jacob’s Ladder. We bought a little FM radio and tuned in to the two local radio stations. And we talk about what a day looks like for us as we…
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