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 we are up to and also in the hope of inspiring others to realise their dream of sailing off to remote islands and tropical destinations.
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In this episode of our podcast we talk about our future sailing plans now that we are back home in Cape Town. We are not planning to do weekly podcasts any more for now, but if you like hearing what we are up to you can listen to our weekly Princess and The Big Blue […]
Published 3/01/2024
47. We are back in South Africa
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We are so happy to be back in South Africa, and not just because we were tired of being on the water and love having solid ground under our feet. We both missed the very special country on the southern end of the African continent. In today’s podcast episode we’ll tell you about our experiences […]
Published 2/16/2024
Reflections on day 14 of our passage (extra episode)
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We recorded a podcast episode during our passage from Brazil to South Africa, about two weeks in. Reflections on our departure from Cabedelo and the start of the big South Atlantic passage.
Published 2/09/2024
46. We made it back to Cape Town
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After 45 days at sea, crossing the South Atlantic from Cabedelo, Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa, we are back home. It wasn’t an easy passage, and not just because it was our longest yet. We’ll tell all about it in this episode of our podcast.
Published 2/09/2024
45. Brazil, it was great, till next time
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A special episode of our podcast where we look back at our time spent in Brazil.
Published 12/22/2023
44. We are (almost) ready to go cross an ocean
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This week on our podcast we talk about our last minute preparations ans our offerings to the orisha of the water.
Published 12/15/2023
43. Our engine is fixed, so why are we still in Cabedelo?
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Our engine is finally fixed, but we are still in Cabedelo, Brazil, so what’s up with that? Listen to find out. We also complete our the safety inspection for the boat, tasted a delicious chocolate pizza and pizza pie, Brazilian style. Content warning: towards the end of the podcast we talk about violence and safety […]
Published 12/08/2023
42. Ranting (we are still in Cabedelo)
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We are still in Cabedelo, Brazil. We’ll explain where we are with our engine repairs and when we think we’ll leave here. And we get into a rant or two.
Published 12/01/2023
41. Our engine still isn’t working
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We are still ion Brazil and not crossing an ocean. What is happening with our engine and how did we get around coming to the end of our 90 day tourist visa in Brazil? Listen to this week's episode of our podcast to find out!
Published 11/24/2023
40. Preparations and an outing to Pipa
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The engine is finally back inside the boat and we are preparing for our big passage from Brazil back to Cape Town. We went on a nice weekend outing to Pipa with our Brazilian friend Thallys.
Published 11/17/2023
39. Splash! We are back in the water
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We went back in the water, after finishing painting a few new layers of anti fouling, checking the seacocks, replacing the anodes and a few other things. Other great news is that the parts for the engine have finally arrived so hopefully it will be repaired soon!
Published 11/10/2023
38. Forró dancing and gender roles
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This week we talk about gender roles within the sailing context and how the principle of "there can only be one skipper on board" can conflict with relating as equals within a romantic partnership. But before that, we talk about what we did this week, such as learning to dance Forró and Coco getting pricked.
48. What are our future sailing plans
47. We are back in South Africa
46. We made it back to Cape Town
44. We are (almost) ready to go cross an ocean
43. Our engine is fixed, so why are we still in Cabedelo?
42. Ranting (we are still in Cabedelo)
41. Our engine still isn’t working
40. Preparations and an outing to Pipa
39. Splash! We are back in the water
38. Forró dancing and gender roles