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.
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Broken Rib, Gale & Reefs: My 2,000-Mile Solo Sail to Darwin
A wild 2,000-mile sailing journey from Coffs Harbour to Darwin. Encountering storms, breaking waves, reefs, squalls, equipment failures and a broken rib, I push north along Australia’s east coast. From Brisbane and the Whitsundays to Cairns, Cape York and the Torres Strait, every mile brings new challenges. Darwin marks the end of one chapter—and the beginning of an even bigger voyage toward Europe.