ICAROS

Icaros is a 2002 Catana 431 catamaran purchased by the current owners, Bev & Bob, in France in 2013. Icaros has a white hull with grey and yellow sail and cockpit covers.

Posted: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 - 00:09

I guess we should have been suspicious about the low cost of the car rental. Luckily the questionable brakes and transmission got us around the island and up and down the steep narrow roads full of

Posted: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 - 02:45

St. Helena is exceeding our expectations. Quaint little town loaded with history, gives one the feeling of stepping back a hundred years in time. Swimming with whale sharks today and then a drive

Posted: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 - 00:12

We will arrive into St Helena later today. The weather has been a bit unsettled the past couple of days with scattered showers around. The winds have remained light and typically the passing showers

Posted: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 - 22:48

We left the eastern hemisphere and crossed into the western hemisphere this morning. Had a Thai green curry last night and will have burritos tonight in honour of the transition. The wind tends to

Posted: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 - 00:42

we've been sailing along nicely in great conditions. We had a few scattered showers overnight and the wind picked up a bit but it was all quite manageable. We had a stowaway on board last night. A

Posted: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 - 01:12

We've been having some really nice sailing conditions the past couple of days. 10-20kt on the beam and we've been moving along well in spite of our overladen condition. We are carrying extra diesel

Posted: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 - 02:03

We've had a great time in Walvis Bay. Top spot! Considering we're on the edge of the desert we've seen heaps of wildlife. Thousands of seals, pelicans and flamingos around us. We took a tour into

Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 - 05:05

We arrived into Walvis Bay about lunchtime. Declined the thought of getting a taxi and walked into town to do our clearance with Customs, Immigration & Port Control. We eventually found our way!! The

Posted: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 - 03:00

The first couple of days we had lighter breezes than expected and we had to do a bit of motoring. We had a full moon Friday night and as we were watching it rise a nearby whale put on a bit of a show

Posted: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 - 18:01

We moved to the Royal Cape Yacht Club yesterday to do our check out procedure with Port Control, Customs & Immigration. Relatively quick and painless with no fees. Enjoyed a pleasant happy hour at

Posted: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 - 20:45

Will probably leave Cape Town later this week. Just checking that our new modem is working OK with our satellite phone so that we will be able to download weather and send updates to this website

Posted: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 17:34

We enjoyed a couple of weeks in Hout Bay. Especially the yacht club where we met several friendly locals. High hills surround Hout Bay and make it very scenic but katabatic winds can come racing down

Posted: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 - 19:18

Hurray!! We have arrived into Cape Town. Well just about. It's in there somewhere behind the fog and clouds. Darn - I was hoping to get a picture of Table Mountain upon arrival. Some big events

Posted: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 - 23:23

TGIF!! We had a really windy SW blow yesterday which eased overnight. We'll wait a few more hours for the swell out there to calm down and the wind to shift more to the east and we'll be on our

Posted: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 - 07:51

We had a good overnight sail from East London. The wind freshened up to 25+ but we ran downwind with just a reefed headsail and were quite comfortable. Port Elizabeth, aka The Windy City, is not

Posted: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 - 12:57

East London has been a pleasant stop. There is a small welcoming yacht club where we were able to join a few of the locals for a braai (BBQ). We also found a fish market/restaurant/bar just up the

Posted: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 - 07:56

I had several interesting touristy things lined up to do in Durban - but we got a note from Des to say the conditions were suitable to move along the coast. Even though we had already checked in

Posted: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 - 20:04

We took advantage of a bit of a lull between weather systems and moved ourselves down 80 miles to Durban. It was a pretty calm overnight passage with more motoring than sailing. The marina is in

Posted: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 - 07:46

We are tucked into the Zululand Yacht Club Marina. Great bar and restaurant and welcoming people. The past few days we have seen some nasty changeable weather. First the wind came in strong from the

Posted: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 - 15:20

We arrived into Richards Bay late Wed night. Conditions the last couple of days were mostly light and involved a bit of motoring. Great to be here!! Immigration and customs were quick and easy

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