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This week we elaborate on our experiences being in the North East of Brazil, going to Cabedelo and João Pessoa, Paraíba. What we learnt about the culture, religion and just in general about Brazil and this beautiful region. Oh yes, and food! Here's a photo of our massive breakfast the other day.

We've been in Cabedelo, Brazil (or more specifically Jacaré) for a week and a half now so we can give our first impressions of what it is like here for us. We love the food, the weather, the culture, etc. Listen to the episode to hear why. To get in touch with feedback, questions, comments go to svtropicaldawn.blog/contact/…

While under way Kay and Dimi each separately recorded some of their reflections. As an added bonus there is also a recording of the background noises on the boat during the passage. Enjoy!

We made it to Brazil! We rejoiced in a similar way when we got to St Helena, but this time the passage was challenging in different ways, it was longer and it was harder but we also got new things out of it because of that.

We are about halfway on our passage from Jamestown, St Helena to Cabedelo, Brazil or at least we should be. To check where exactly we are and to send us a short text message: https://share.garmin.com/mapshare/svTropicalDawn/ We'll have a new show once we have arrived (and maybe a day or two extra to get our land feet back).…

This week we talk about our experience sailing/cruising with a dog, how we got our mini pooper to do her business on the boat, and other challenges we faced. By the way, our Coco is a star on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cocoadventuredog/

We are leaving St Helena after a bit more than three months. We enjoyed our time here and are sure we will be back. This episode we reminisce about what make this island such a special place. We talk about the two radio stations on the island, both of which broadcast online: SAMS Radio 1 and Saint FM, be sure to give them a listen! And we also ment…

We won't be flying back to South Africa today, we explain what will happen in today's bonus episode. On this episode we also give you a short listen to Saint FM, one of the two radio stations on St Helena. You can listen to them online on www.saint.fm

A very short podcast episode today as we are still in limbo wether we can fly back to South Africa with Coco or not. We'll post updates as soon we know more.

An update as to what is happening with us in St Helena and our plans to fly back to Cape Town. We also elaborate on our reasons for taking a break from cruising and why Cape Town might be the worst place to get started cruising. We mention episode with Dev and Spandana from For Sun and Stars on the Liveaboard Sailing Podcast which gave us another v…

What is the downwind sailing trap and what does it mean for would be sailors? We talk about a big decision we made just this week, why we have come to that decision, our immediate and future plans. To comment or contact us, we would love to hear from you.

This week we touch on some of the underbelly stuff that we have learnt over the time that we have been here. There is no perfect place in the world, all countries have their issues and St Helena is no different. This should not deter any would be traveller to the island as St Helena is a truly beautiful place and we are really lucky to have been ab…

This week we talk about the things we usually don't talk about such as money and the difficulty with getting online or getting certain things. We don't like complaining but we do want to mention these, so that's what this week's episode is about. As always feel free to get in touch via Garmin InReach or svtropicaldawn.blog/contact…

This week we talk about Coco's play date with Pepe, our freedive course, waking up at night in fear of running aground (don't worry, everything was fine), yachts leaving and arriving, watching Hornblower and Dirty Dancing, and more. See if you notice when Kay lost her temper, a short tea break and a plate of mac and cheese sorted everything out, lu…

This week on Sailing Tropical Dawn we have guests on our podcast, or rather we were guests on board of S/V Trinity. Franko, Annalie, and their daughter Sadie talk about their sailing experience so far, buying a second hand Dean 365 catamaran and sailing it from Knysna, South Africa to St Helena island. They are on social media:www.instagram.com/_sv…

Another week on this small island in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean and some more adventures. The past week we rented a car, drove around the island, found a stone that rings when you hit it, groomed some donkeys at the donkey sanctuary, the ship finally arrived and we were able to get some onions, Dimi went on a fishing trip and saw same a…

We talk about what our week on St Helena island looked like: we went for an (early) night out, celebrated St Helena day and climbed Jacob's Ladder. We bought a little FM radio and tuned in to the two local radio stations. And we talk about what a day looks like for us as we are moored here. Photos of Jacob's Ladder and of St Helena day celebrations…

We gave our first impressions of St Helena island a few weeks ago, now that we have been here for a month we can tell you a bit more. We chat about the history of the island and some of the interesting Saints and yachties we have met. Photos of the little ferry boat name Lexi-Anne and of the wharf steps. As always, feel free to get in touch to shar…

In this week's episode we talk about Kirsten Neuschäfer and the Golden Globe Race she just won and why it is such a big deal. We also talk about our other sailing heroes: Bernard Moitessier and Joshua Slocum and why all of them inspire us. As always, feel free to get in touch with us via our website: svtropicaldawn.blog/contact or via our Garmin In…

On today's podcast episode, recorded while at anchor at St Helena, we'll talk about the size of our boat and why (for us) our 31 foot (9.3 meter) long boat is big enough. The specs of our little sailboat, a Morgan 31: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/morgan-31-lavranos We also talk briefly about Kirsten Neuschäfer who made history when she won the…

We love St Helena Island! This week we tell you why. This week we share our first impressions of the island, and about our visit to the hospital, with a shot of Dimi’s crotch. To be in touch, please contact us on our Garmin Inreach as we have limited access to the internet: share.garmin.com/svTropicalDawn…

This week's episode is about our passage from Walvis Bay, Namibia to St Helena island. We got seasick, we took some seasickness drugs that made us hallucinate, we had a bucket wash in the middle of the ocean, and more. Listen to our podcast to hear how it was for us sailing halfway across the South Atlantic ocean. We don't have full time internet a…

This week, as a lot of our friends are preparing to go to AfrikaBurn, we are somewhere in the South Atlantic between the African continent and the island of St Helena. We recorded this episode before leaving for this passage and we talk about how going to AfrikaBurn prepared us for sailing, cruising life , and crossing an ocean. We mention the simi…

As we are preparing for our crossing from Walvis Bay in Namibia to St Helena in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean we recorded this episode of our Sailing Tropical Dawn podcast talking about how we prepare for being at see for more than a week. We mention provisioning for food, getting water and diesel. doing engine maintenance, how we prepare …

This week's episode of our Sailing Tropical Dawn podcast is around the theme of Frustrations. I guess we needed to vent some frustrations that have been popping up in the last few weeks, one of them being that we are still stuck in Walvis Bay Namibia. Even though we love it here, we are getting a bit of cabin fever and feeling like we want to be on…

In this week's episode of "Sailing Tropical Dawn" we talk about the difference between the expectations we had about sailing, cruising, yacht clubs and what the reality turns out to be. We also talk a bit about our experiences at Royal Cape Yacht Club, Walvis Bay Yacht Club and our time spent in Hout Bay. We mentioned the Cruising Documentary - Que…

In this week’s episode of our Tropical Dawn Podcast we talk about choices. We have been thinking about the choice wether to continue our sailing journey across the South Atlantic towards Brazil and the Caribbean or to have a break from cruising and return to South Africa to see friends and family and to go to AfrikaBurn. We chatted about all this a…

The past week was quite eventful: we dragged anchor, we had to drop our anchor and retrieve it the next day, we went on an excursion on the dinghy and almost lost the dinghy, and we got a rope caught in the dinghy's prop. But we made it trough all that and are fine, and we have a new episode of our podcast to tell you about all these things. We bot…

This week's episode of our Tropical Dawn podcast will be about Walvis Bay in Namibia, where we currently still are at anchor and have been for over a month as well as about the road trip we did throughout Namibia. Our blog post about Walvis Bay is now on our spanking new S/V Tropical Dawn blog: https://svtropicaldawn.blog/2023/01/29/walvis-bay/ Noo…

Here is the full recording of the conversation we had with Andries/Eiitango Jetango, we had to edit it a bit because the Lüderitz episode of our podcast was getting to long. So here, as a bonus, the full, unedited conversation.

This episode of our Tropical Dawn podcast is about the town of Lüderitz in Namibia we sailed to in our little boat, our adventures there and some of the people we met there, including a recording of part of the conversation we had with Andries/Eiitango Jetango. We edited the recording of our conversation because this episode is already quite long b…

In the first episode we talked about how we got started with cruising and how we got to the point where we felt ready to set off on our first serious passage, which is where this episode picks up. Some terminology we use in this episode: boom and kicker, click on the links to know what those mean. We also mentioned the posts Kay has written which y…

Just a teaser/intro/trailer for our second episode which will be about passages and us trying to get from Cape Town to St Helena.

Introducing ourselves and our podcast: we are Kay & Dimi and we are sailing on a 31 foot (9.3 meter) boat from Cape Town, South Africa to wherever the wind will cay us.

In our first episode we share with you how we got started with sailing, bought our first (and second) sailboat and got ready to take her across the ocean. Some practical info as well as insights we gathered that helped us get to where we are now, which is actually sailing our own yacht on the ocean. Mentioned in this episode: Bernard Moitessier, Jo…