Windhorse Sailing

Well Stevo arrived a week ago and I haven’t found time to write. Those who know Stevo or me could have expected that. Francis received his Ocean Yacht Master cert and the celebration keeps going. The boat is such a mess that when we aren’t working on it we leave it. Being the adventurous types and it being summertime, it’s easy to find trouble.

Stevo arrives.

Francis and I met Stevo at the airport at 11pm last Tuesday. A lost bag and a questioning by customs couldn’t bum his high. We proceeded to a bar called Jo’Berg and tore it up till 4am at least. Things are open late in the “Mother city,” and we have found a way to take advantage of that fact every night since.

The next day we had some work to do. We were up early (10am) and getting things done. Stevo has great organizational skills and a lot of experience provisioning a boat. That is the stage we have been struggling with now. Stevo is therefore the answer to prayers. He knows how we are going to stuff 10 pounds of shit in this five-pound bag. When we leave we will have a supermarket, a pharmacy, a hardware store, and an REI on board. I don’t know how we’re going to fit the liquor store.

Since three can do more than two, we have made some time for fun. Aside from various bars and restaurants we have gone to historic Simonstown in False Bay and some surf spots in between. My friends Ed and Katy have given us a tour of the Cape and Ed brought us to a huge beach where we could ride his sail cart.

Ed and Katy

A three-wheel cart powered by sail. It turns on a dime goes faster than the wind literally. That is pretty fast considering the it blows 25knots regularly here.

Stevo enjoying the sail cart.

Anyway, I want to make the point that we are working hard and having fun. The three of us come from different backgrounds and approach life in totally different ways. Johnny Wall Street, Chef Stevo, and Francis, the guy no one has yet figured out. It is already apparent that we are going to get along great, as we need what the others bring to the table. In common, we all want to succeed and we all expect to give our 100% effort.

More Later.