[password]seabird14
[position] 33 54.5 S 018 25.12 E
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[weather] 0-5kts, 1015 mb, 80% cc
[status] The best laid plan is the antithesis of ocean sailing. We made good time around the Cape of Good Hope under sail before the wind died off completely. When we began to motor sail the seal on the prop shaft began to leak and at anything over 2000 rpm (about 5 kts in boat speed) the leak went from a drip to an open faucet. This gave us no option but to limp into Cape Town Harbour where we are now alongside at the VA Marina. We have determined the problem is in a rubber damping disc in between the shaft and the gearbox but it cannot be safely fixed with Kailani in the water. So tomorrow at the crack of dawn we motor over to the Royal Cape Yacht Club where there is a slip way big enough to take Kailani. She will haul in the morning and hopefully go back in late afternoon with the problem sorted. Unfortunately with a big 1033mb high coming through on Thursday our departure will be delayed until the weekend. This further delay means that Namibia is off since we are running out of time if we are going to be north of the northern hemisphere hurricane zone by late May.
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