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Sailing Tropical Dawn

Kay, Dimi, and Coco exploring the world and the cruising lifestyle on a small (9.3 meter) sailing yacht We are Kay and Dimi and in this podcast we share our learnings as we sail from Cape Town, South Africa off to far horizons. We have never done anything like this before so this is all new for us. We switched from living in a house to living on a small sailboat and now are making our way around, in our own time. We are making this podcast to let the people back home (friends and family) know what

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30. Our first weeks in the North East of Brazil

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/09/08

This week we elaborate on our experiences being in the North East of Brazil, going to Cabedelo and João Pessoa, Paraíba. What we learnt about the culture, religion and just in general about Brazil and this beautiful region. Oh yes, and food!

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56:47

29. First impressions of Cabedelo Brazil

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/09/01

We've been in Cabedelo, Brazil (or more specifically Jacaré) for a week and a half now so we can give our first impressions of what it is like here for us. We love the food, the weather, the culture, etc. Listen to the episode to hear why.

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21:33

Reflections from our passage from St Helena to...

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/08/26

While under way Kay and Dimi each separately recorded some of their reflections. As an added bonus there is also a recording of the background noises on the boat during the passage.

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63:27

28. St Helena to Cabedelo, our most challenging...

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/08/25

We made it to Brazil! We rejoiced in a similar way when we got to St Helena, but this time the passage was challenging in different ways, it was longer and it was harder but we also got new things out of it because of that.

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1:02

27. We’re somewhere between St Helena and Brazil

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/08/11

We are about halfway on our passage from Jamestown, St Helena to Cabedelo, Brazil or at least we should be.

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46:19

26. What’s it like sailing with a dog?

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/08/04

This week we talk about our experience sailing/cruising with a dog, how we got our mini pooper to do her business on the boat, and other challenges we faced.

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57:14

25. Goodbye St Helena (for now)

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/07/28

We are leaving St Helena after a bit more than three months. We enjoyed our time here and are sure we will be back. This episode we reminisce about what make this island such a special place.

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21:45

24b. Limbo no more, what is next for Tropical Dawn?

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/07/22

We won't be flying back to South Africa today, we explain what will happen in today's bonus episode.

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6:52

24. In limbo, what’s going to happen next?

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/07/21

A very short podcast episode today as we are still in limbo wether we can fly back to South Africa with Coco or not. We'll post updates as soon we know more.

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41:53

23. Is Cape Town the worst place to start cruising?

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/07/14

An update as to what is happening with us in St Helena and our plans to fly back to Cape Town. We also elaborate on our reasons for taking a break from cruising and why Cape Town might be the worst place to get started cruising.

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52:00

22. The Trap of Downwind Sailing

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/07/07

What is the downwind sailing trap and what does it mean for would be sailors?We talk about a big decision we made just this week, why we have come to that decision, our immediate and future plans.

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39:21

21. Dark side of St Helena

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/06/30

This week we touch on some of the underbelly stuff that we have learnt over the time that we have been here. There is no perfect place in the world, all countries have their issues and St Helena is no different.

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60:24

20. What we don’t talk about

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/06/23

This week we talk about the things we usually don't talk about such as money and the difficulty with getting online or getting certain things. We don't like complaining but we do want to mention these, so that's what this week's episode is about.

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55:17

19. Life on St Helena (continued)

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/06/16

This week we talk about Coco's play date with Pepe, our freedive course, waking up at night in fear of running aground (don't worry, everything was fine), yachts leaving and arriving, watching Hornblower and Dirty Dancing, and more.

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62:35

18. S/V Trinity

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/06/09

This week on Sailing Tropical Dawn we have guests on our podcast, or rather we were guests on board of S/V Trinity. Franko, Annalie, and their daughter Sadie talk about their sailing experience so far, buying a second hand Dean 365 catamaran and sailing it from Knysna, South Africa to St Helena island.

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46:44

17. What we did this week on St Helena island

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/06/02

Another week on this small island in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean and some more adventures. The past week we rented a car, drove around the island, found a stone that rings when you hit it, groomed some donkeys at the donkey sanctuary, the ship finally arrived and we were able to get some onions, Dimi went on a fishing trip and saw same amazing sea creatures, and more.

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65:59

16. Daily life on St Helena island

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/05/26

We talk about what our week on St Helena island looked like: we went for an (early) night out, celebrated St Helena day and climbed Jacob's Ladder. We bought a little FM radio and tuned in to the two local radio stations. And we talk about what a day looks like for us as we are moored here.

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106:54

15. One month in St Helena

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/05/19

We gave our first impressions of St Helena island a few weeks ago, now that we have been here for a month we can tell you a bit more. We chat about the history of the island and some of the interesting Saints and yachties we have met.

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48:03

14. Sailing heroes: Kirsten Neuschäfer, Bernard...

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/05/12

In this week's episode we talk about Kirsten Neuschäfer and the Golden Globe Race she just won and why it is such a big deal. We also talk about our other sailing heroes: Bernard Moitessier and Joshua Slocum and why all of them inspire us.

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73:54

13. Size matters (a bit): is our little boat big enough?

Sailing Tropical Dawn ·

2023/05/05

On today's podcast episode, recorded while at anchor at St Helena, we'll talk about the size of our boat and why (for us) our 31 foot (9.3 meter) long boat is big enough.

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