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Tag: OysterYachts

Crossing the South Atlantic from South Africa to Brazil with a pit stop in St Helena 

April 12, 2025 Ana 1 Comment

‘How did Napoleon die?’ Sorin asks on the passage from Cape Town to St Helena. ‘He only spent 5 years exiled…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2025 Filed under: crossingsouthatlantic, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, sailingblogs, sailinglife, StHelena

Wrapping up our South African adventure to sail to new horizons

March 14, 2025 Ana 6 Comments

Cape Town was a revelation. Not only that the surrounding splendid mountain chain is hanging onto the colourful and ever…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2025 Filed under: CapeofGoodHope, CapePeninsula, CapeTown, MotherCity, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, sailingblogs, sailinglife

Sailing the Wild Coast to Cape Town

January 26, 2025 Ana 4 Comments

Making landfall into Africa was a dream come true. A battle that was hard fought for. ‘Mama Africa’ had become…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2025 Filed under: Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingadventures, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, sailinglife, sailingSouthAfrixa, sailingtheWildCoast, sailingtoCapeTown

“This country is not normal”

September 1, 2024 Ana Leave a comment

The frustrating sailing conditions prompts Sorin to make this affirmation in anger.  I burst into laughter! And it got me…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2024 Filed under: Indonesia, Indonesianculture, IndonesianIslands, Indonesianpeople, nyepi, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, Sailingindonesia, sailinglife

We crossed the finish line at Darwin two weeks in advance!

June 30, 2024 Ana Leave a comment

To sustain our effort on the race course, we set various milestones when we would rest for a few days,…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2024 Filed under: boatrepair, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingadventure, sailingaroundtheworld, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, SailingAustralia, sailingblogs, sailinglife

The race is on!

May 30, 2024 Ana 2 Comments

With the cyclone season out of the race course, we are back on the saddle! We crossed the start line…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2024 Filed under: Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, SailingAustralia, sailingblogs, sailinglife, sailingtoDarwin

Why we’ve never been fond of mooring buoys?

May 1, 2024 Ana Leave a comment

– Ana, our mooring buoy broke.  – Nooo, nooo! I was shouting dashing from the bathroom to the bedroom to…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2024 Filed under: Mooringbuoy, mooringbuoyfails, mooringbuoys, Moretonbay, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, PacificOcean, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, sailingblogs, Sailingboatrescue, sailinglife

Sailing around the world on a budget is not always straight forward, but always rewarding!

December 26, 2023 Ana 2 Comments

– There have been forecasts for strong wind before…many times the actual winds were not as bad in the end.…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2023 Filed under: CircumnavigationoftheEarth, FraserIsland, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, sailingblogs, sailinglife

From the beach to the reef – our sailing life in Airlie Beach

November 25, 2023 Ana Leave a comment

When catching up with our Aussie cruising friends, who had been around the Whitsunday Islands for months, whilst we were…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2023 Filed under: Airliebeach, Australia, crocodiles, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingblogs, sailinglife, sailingWhitsundays, Whitsundayislands, Whitsundays

A whale tale from heaven

October 25, 2023 Ana Leave a comment

– If we ever want to swim with a whale this would be the best time. – I reckon so.…

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Posted in: Sailing adventures 2023 Filed under: GreatBarrierReef, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroubdtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, SailingAustralia, sailingWhitsundays, Whales, whaletale

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