Windhorse Sailing

Follows is an excerpt from an email from Anne Kotze, the mother of Dirk, the previous owner of the yacht Shangri-La. “Dirk, his wife Nicky, Howard (a friend of Luke’s) and I were at Royal Cape Yacht Club to see the three sailors off. They were very excited but relaxed and confident. I had only met Luke, Francis and Stevo once before and that only briefly so it was a great privilege to see them off on their quest. There was a very stiff south-easterly wind blowing, this being the prevailing summer wind in this part of the country and fondly named the “Cape Doctor” by the locals. We spent about an hour with them and in that time the sun set so they left in the dark. We waved and whistled and shouted, as did they, until they were out of Cape Town harbour.”

Anne was also kind enough to provide the following pictures and accompanying descriptions as well…

Some of the yachts at RCYC moored to a floating jetty. The bow of Shangri-La can just be seen right front. Table Mountain is in the background, partly covered by a tablecloth: a typical sign that the wind is a s-easter.

Captain Luke with the fruit hammock and from the old to the new

Francis, the Captain and Dirk and getting Elvia’s e-mail

The smile on the face of the Captain, Dirk loosens the last rope to terra firma, backing out of the mooring

The last rope, moving at last and there she goes!

Thanks, Anne.

All - more to come.