MOSSEL BAY TO CAPE TOWN
Crew aboard were Dale and Walter Page. HP departed Mossel Bay at 20h30 after a leisurely supper in the yacht club. Must say the club was busy and we could not even get a table in the restaurant so we ate Bar style. We motored for the first 12 or so hours and then decided to conserve Diesel. The winds were light which left us beating with a VMG of about 2.5 knots on a beat. Gradually the breeze freshened improving our angle for Agulas. As we got closer the breeze started to freshen and free of. We got there at about 20h30. Once we rounded the breeze started to pick up with us sailing along nicely getting the odd surf at about 12 knots boat speed, all this while taking it easy. There was a lot of shipping and sea life during the night wioth us having to keep a sharp vigil. We went quite far South with our final angle heanding alomst due north towards Cape Point at sunrise. The sea state had the usual waves etc... and the highest wind speed was about 25 knots.. but nothing overly huge as one normally gets. We were able to sail down to slangkop where the wind died and forcing us to go back to motor. We motored the balance of the trip. The boat performed brialliantly without any problems being experienced. We were able to give the new autopilot a good test which we now give it the thumbs up. The sail was an absolute pelasure with us docking at RCYC at about 2pm Saturday.