Summing up South Africa
So, I
was really happy about our African Road Trip but there was still (in my mind)
something BAD lurking in the corner. Yes, I’m talking about our passage to St.
Helena; for my mum, the only problem was the shopping so she spent the next few
days droning on about something along the lines of “WHY? WHY DO I HAVE
TO DO ALL THE SHOPPING?”
After
that it was go go go. And (for now) I’ll have to say “goodbye”
Alright, alright. Fine! It’s not goodbye, really. I have to say: you see,
we have not been doing much for the past 6 weeks so we were unsure weather we
were ever going to manage 6 hrs without our oil containers blowing up or
something. Well, it wasn’t that bad. But it still was pretty crazy.
Our autopilot stopped.
It might not sound that bad a thing, but we are definitely NOT prepared
to sail across the South Atlantic Ocean with our drive unit not working. So,
soon we decided we decided pull off at Saldana Bay. As it was all unexpected
and dodgy business we realised that we would be arriving at night time. All of
this just adds to the excitement. According to my Mum and Dad, we had engine
failures and also we had the furling for the foresail not functioning. So talk
about a dramatic entrance and you have just found one!