After six weeks at sea, I arrive on La Réunion: rubbish, laundry, repairs. A visit from Marinette and hikes through lava fields and misty forests. Then it’s on again: 1500 miles across the Indian Ocean to Richards Bay, South Africa. Calms, fronts, cross seas, giant container ships and the dreaded Agulhas Current. Others do it in ten days, I take 19. Sail it like famous solo sailer Bernard Moitessier may have done it: No engine and take the weather as it comes.
Heavy Weather
6000 km Alone Across the Indian Ocean. 28 Days of Ocean Sailing, Christmas Island to La Reunion
6000 km solo across the Indian Ocean, from Christmas Island via Cocos Keeling to Réunion. 28 days without land, dealing with only small technical problems, calms and two heavy-weather fronts with waves over five metres. I spend five days sailing in strong winds and rough seas, heave-to for 24 hours and finally reach Réunion happily and proud after 3000 nautical miles alone on the ocean.