Crystal Blues

Over the past few passages we have worked methodically at silent sailing. Lying in bed and listening to the ocean whooshing by the hull i...

The South Atlantic Ocean welcomed us with very light winds, but cold weather and 5 meter swells when we departed Cape Town on Monday afte...

More than 12 years back we were shown just how incredibly slippery McLube Sailkote dry lubricant spray really is. However the spray can ...

It was far worse at Tuzi Gazi Marina in Richard's Bay ( story here ), where many boats were seriously damaged late last year. Bu...

AQUASHIELD II Being Delivered For Launching They do build a lot of boats here in Cape Town - over 200 catamarans are exported every y...

Ley's father, Ray, was a toolmaker, machinist and engineer - there really wasn't much he couldn't build or repair. My own f...

Table Mountain, viewed from the northern end of Table Bay                                             Back in Cape Town we're b...

This foot block is a "venerable" Ronstan RF879, proudly made in Australia until several years ago. It is a double sheave versio...

Back in Australia we were fortunate to stay with our good friends Ray and Jan Pitt, who are regular visitors to Crystal Blues. We liv...

Seen here on the aft deck of Crystal Blues, Ley's mother "Edie" was always an enthusiastic visitor and loved her fishing - s...

We're leaving Crystal Blues in the marina at RCYC here in Cape Town and traveling to Australia to be with family for a few weeks....

It took almost 5 days of solid work, but the new stack pack is complete and fitted to the boom. Ley is seen here, proudly inspe...

It seems that our latest blog posts, published from here in South Africa, are not replicating very well across the internet, with var...

Some readers have asked for details on our recent Botswana trip, so here is the information on where we went and how we traveled.  Th...

This is Part 2 of our Botswana safari adventure ... i f you missed P art 1 you can read it here . Valentine's Day - These Lo...