Tag: sailing
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48. What are our future sailing plans
In this episode of our podcast we talk about our future sailing plans now that we are back home in Cape Town. We are not planning to do weekly podcasts any more for now, but if you like hearing what we are up to you can listen to our weekly Princess and The Big Blue…
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46. We made it back to Cape Town
After 45 days at sea, crossing the South Atlantic from Cabedelo, Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa, we are back home. It wasn’t an easy passage, and not just because it was our longest yet. We’ll tell all about it in this episode of our podcast.
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Renamed our podcast
The aim of our Tropical Dawn podcast has always been twofold: A. let our friends and family know how our cruising lifestyle is turning out and keeping them up to date on our sailing adventures and B. inspiring others who might want to sail away one day and share the lessons we’ve learned as we…
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7. Expectations versus Reality
In this week’s episode of our podcast we talk about the difference between the expectations we had about sailing, cruising, yacht clubs and what the reality turns out to be. We also talk a bit about our experiences at Royal Cape Yacht Club, Walvis Bay Yacht Club and our time spent in Hout Bay.
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6. Choices
In this week’s episode of our Tropical Dawn Podcast we talk about choices. We have been thinking about the choice wether to continue our sailing journey across the South Atlantic towards Brazil and the Caribbean or to have a break from cruising and return to South Africa to see friends and family and to go…
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Dragging anchor… Kay’s version
Everything Dimi said in his post + we had to laugh afterwards when we talked about it. We are super efficient at jumping into action and taking the needed steps however sometimes there is a ‘communication breakdown’. That is we loose our shit. One of us will say something and the other will get hysterical,…
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2. Passage(s)
In the first episode we talked about how we got started with cruising and how we got to the point where we felt ready to set off on our first serious passage, which is where this episode picks up.
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(Mind) Lost at sea
On the 22 December 2022 we left Hout Bay, South Africa for our first Atlantic Crossing to Saint Helena Island and then to Brazil. For the first few days we had a good weather window – nature was being kind to us. We hardly ate as it didn’t seem to be a priority and we…
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1. Getting started
First episode of our podcast where we talk about how we got started with sailing.
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Introduction (episode 0)
Kay, Dimi, and their dog Coco host a podcast from their 31-foot boat. Starting their journey in Cape Town, South Africa, they intend to sail wherever the wind guides them, sharing their experiences along the way.
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