The Norwoods World Tour
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Mayotte to Richards Bay, Part 3: – Officials and Machine Guns
Doing an emergency stop can be a delicate matter. Normally stopping in a new country requires you to check in through customs, immigration, etc, howev...
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Mayotte to Richard’s Bay, part 2: Breakages
After five days of terrible anchoring at Ilha do Fogo, eight boats made a run for it. There was a brief weather window and we all decided to grab it a...
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Mayotte to Richard’s Bay, Part 1: A Fishing Story
We picked a really good window for the first leg of the Mozambique Channel. Whilst it may have been a bit light on the wind, we prefer that to the unp...
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The Mozambique Channel – Hopefully not living up to its reputation
We are members of two WhatsApp groups with people sailing the east and south coast Africa, and over the last two week these chat groups have pinged co...
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Mayotte – where is everyone?!
Well, we are enjoying it. Sailing around the island we stop to snorkel, dive and swim as often as we can. Sadly, we only scheduled our s...
Kiwi’s Cruising Through the Zanzibar Coast: Sunsets, Socials, and Surprises
The Zanzibar coast, with its mix of culture, energy, and seaside beauty, is a magical spot for cruisers to anchor and soak up both local life and sere...
Stone Town, Zanzibar Aug 2024
This is the (liberal) English translation of an old Norwegian classic. And annoyingly, this ear-worm of a song rings in my ears - on repeat(!!) - as w...
Gods And Goats, Not All What They’re Hyped Up To Be
I’m not privy to the details of what my sister said in her prayer to Thor with regards to the weather, nor what my brother asked in return for the sac...
When A Series Of Unfortunate Events Force An Unexpected U-Turn
Saturday a week ago we went to drop off a rental car we had hired to take my sister back to the airport. Walking back from having dropped it off, it o...
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