Last time on Luckyfish Rory and I rushed to get the boat back in
the water sailed a hundred miles south to Cape Town
and cleared out of South Africa.
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This week its still a race against the clock
The girls were getting ready to leave Mongolia and fly to Namibia,
while Rory and I set off from Cape Town for a 500 mile passage north, to meet them.
I was still learning the boat and Rory had a lot to teach me about setting up the Wharram
for long, fast passages.
It wasnt long before we ran into fog, and shipping.
We were still learning the radar and AIS.
Push and hold, yeah, push and hold that, yeah AIS details, OK
Under engine Speed over the ground 13kts
course over the ground 16, its bearing, its distance
CPA thats closest point of approach
This is quite spooky
The wind returned the following day.
The self-steering wasnt working perfectly, so we went to work removing friction from
the system and balancing them.
Hows it looking Still needs a bit of adjustment.
Gotta take it off again
We disconnected the wheel by cutting the steering
lines at the tiller arm and replacing with snap-shackles.
Weee, nice correction
Thats nice mate, I got a little bit of video
of you earlier when you were working on it
and now, this is the fruits of your labours old son
got the South African flag in the background Teamwork mate
teamwork, it was it was cool what a day
Stewart Rory and Otto
Every country I went to I would stick it on
Harrys vane So he was a bit of a bumper sticker collective
This is where Rory really started his magic He saw the boat as a sailors playground and
jumped all over this staysail when he saw it.
With its built in wire luff, we could fly it anywhere.
First, he set like a small spinnaker.
Rory said it took him 1000 miles to learn this trick
no you go for it mate, I'm just going to record the head
hoist the gaff in front of the stays when running downwind.
He set the sails so they touched nothing.
No chafe.
Anywhere.
Here are both gaff sails hoisted in front of the side stays
We set the heading on 350 and the boat sat within 5 degrees, most often just one or two
degrees either side.
The boat loved this rig.
The speed did not fluctuate over a big range,
just sat steady and comfortable on a fairly high speed.
The wind stayed mostly up, and the miles clicked away steadily.
Our best days run was 185 nautical miles
With the self steering now working flawlessly,
we had time to prepare proper meals,
keep an eye out for ships and enjoy the sailing.
Because, its all a matter of sharing what you do isnt it?
It is.
I think that is really important Because we live in a world of sharing and
sharing very easily.
Occasionally, the wind would get up to the mid-20's, and the boat would really fly
while staying completely under control.
Here's the view and noise in the head in these conditions.
This is the forward port light in the starboard hull, just above the bow wave.
[LAUGH] that was a good long surf Yeah a double surf, like you say.
We kept the boat racing as the girls had already arrived in Namibia, and were preparing to
fly to Luderitz.
Yeah mate, sounds good.
Well get that away then we can roll out the little jibby.
Alright?
Yeah, all good There you go with the halyard
OK down we come As we approached Luderitz we hardened up on
the wind to close the coast and round the point into the harbour.
We changed from the downwind rig to a reaching rig.
Dropping the staysail / spinnaker, un-furled the jib, dropping the foresail, moving the
gaff behind the stays and re-hoisting.
Alright mate, lets get that little jib out
Thats a stark looking little settlement that
isnt it, whatever it is
Port Control, Port Control, BP Star,
Negative, but anyway, BP Star, Im having the Lucky Star, she's a sailing yacht, she's outside,
just have a lookout for her as well OK copy that, stand by channel 12
Lucky Star Port Control Luckyfish receiving
Sorry Luckyfish, can you please just stand by for me more into the lagoon area, because
Im having a departure as well and also an arrival of the dredger so that they can just
pass clear and as soon as the dredger will have a position inside the channel then I
will call you and have your details over
Thanks Port Control so please confirm that we can enter the lagoon area but stay outside the channel
Yeah, just for the moment so the BP Star whose leaving port can pass clear and also the dredger,
shes entering Port and as soon as shes inside then I will give you a call and direct you
where to come in over
Yeah, received, thank you very much, we will stand by Channel 12
Port Control, Port Control, De LaPerouse
Well on the other hand, I dont mind, if they
want to offer it, getting a message out to Zaya would be really good, were using up our
contingency here, they'd like to hear from us tonight.
Yeah.
I dont know whether my phone will work here.
No, thats a good point, Im going to check mine in a moment
Look, this is the departure shes handling
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We arrived just before sunset having covered
500miles in 80 hours at an ave speed of 6.3 knots
No sooner were we secured on a mooring, local guide and sailor Gunther, immediately came
out to meet us, complimenting the Wharram.
He kindly offered us the use of two dinghies and a lift to the airport to meet Zaya and
Tuya the next day.
Dredging activities went on all night and into the next morning.
We went ashore to complete clearance formalities at the Customs office, and Port Control.
After a quick look at the historic diamond mining town of Luderitz we drove out to the
airport while Gunther explained a little of the history.
Its called Diamond Mountain.
Its called that because in the days before diamonds were found.
Diamonds were discovered in 1908.
RIghto.
The first biggest business here was the uprising in 1904.
Soldiers came to town, harbour was developed, brothel on the mountain for the soldiers,
bottles out the window, mountain covered in glass, hence Diamond Mountain.
Shovel the sand off the tracks, one of the guys that was shovelling sand off the tracks
he found the first diamond.
Back in 1908.
The guy that discovered the diamonds was of course the first guy to stake the claims.
This was quite a rich valley this, the diamonds were lying in the valleys.
[LAUGHTER]
The plane arrived right on time.
After months of planning and with a sense of relief that everything had fallen into
place, I was reunited with Zaya and her sister Tuya.
Its crazy.
Crazy van that we've found.
Here is the drinking water.
So we are going to take a trailer yeah?
Yeah, we could use the rubber ducky since we have got the horses.
Yeah, we got the horsies.
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Finally Finally here.
Welcome to Luderitz.
Well, we love making videos and sharing our real-life experiences with you.
Now, after 10,000 miles, we have a ton of new video to edit and Im worried we are never
going to catch up.
So, we need your help.
So, Stew does all the video editing, if you havnt noticed.
Also you dont know that he works part time to fund our travels
No one cares honey, as long as the videos come out.
Now I have learned to sail, I'm starting to help a bit more,
especially with the camera stuff
You are. You're alot of help.
which saves him alot of voice overs and editing.
Yeah there is alot of time that goes into sort of putting the voice overs in and then stitching
a story together, and trying to keep it informative, educational, and factual, as well as be entertaining.
But now our videos have changed alot as this following clip will show.
Why are you wearing a sheet over your breasts?
Because I dont want to be in another naked video
You dont want to be in anymore naked videos?
This is an interesting topic honey, we need to explore this with the viewers.
The viewer.
This is not, this is a dress, is what Im saying.
Looks like a bedsheet to me.
No its not, this is a dress.
Is that the best that your boyfriend husband can do in the way of dresses?
Yeah.
He's broke.
Whats the issue?
This bloke is broke.
Yeah, whats the issue with the broken bloke?
No good.
No money, no honey.
No.
The saying is no honey no money.
It starts from you.
no money no honey then no honey no money, no nothing
No Patrons, no money no honey.
Listen.
Alright.
Well we really want to start releasing the new stuff, but at 2 videos a month we will
never catch up.
Editing video and interacting with you guys is something we really want do full time.
If you can help us, then please, become a Patron on Patreon.
It's like leaving a tip each time we release a new video and you can limit your contribution
to as little or as much as you want.
When we reach the next goal which you can find on our Patreon page, Tuya will come back
to join us.
She is working in Mongolia at the moment and dying to come back to join us.
Because she keeps seeing the fish you are catching.
Shes jealous.
Yeah, shes very jealous.
But the Mongolian flights are not cheap to get here, and including the Visa fees and
everything.
Yeah, well its half way around the world isnt it.
It all adds up.
The good news is we have a Patron helping us with his discount airfares which is helping.
It helps alot.
Thanks Peter.
Yeah, thank you Peter.
Thumbs up to you mate.
It does help a ton.
But it still not affordable for us to bring someone.
Yeah.
Something about broken blokes.
[LAUGHS]
Broken bloke.
Oh well, at least it was money well spent.
Thats the way I look at it.
As always everyone, please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Share.
Those actions helps us alot.
They sure do and anyhelp you can provide is greatly appreciated and you will find links
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Thanks everyone.
Thank you.
Next week, Tuya goes sailing for the first time,
we get some more sailing tips from Rory,
and the girls get to work finalizing the boat before we set off across the Atlantic.