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WAY 79 retired in St. Helena where she hitched a lift on a ferry to Cape Town and, after repairs, she rejoined the fleet for Leg 2. Tahara'a retired in Salvador, Brazil. The remaining 15 yachts arrived in Cape Town between 08 and 29 October. Bluebell was first on Corrected Time, just 36 minutes better than Perie Banou. Challenger was third and ...
He completed his circumnavigation south of Cape Town and continued to Tahiti, completing another half-circumnavigation. Today, there are several major races held regularly along the clipper route. The Volvo Ocean Race is a crewed race with stops which sails the clipper route every four years.
144 people were aboard City of New York when she left Cape Town, capital of the Union of South Africa, in December 1941. In terms of cargo, the ship carried 6,612 tons of ore, wood, wool, hides and asbestos. The voyage was routine, and due to the war, City of New York hugged the coast of South America as the ship sailed up towards New York. [4 ...
This race is the longest continent-to-continent yacht race in the southern hemisphere. The total length of the race is around 5,800 kilometres (3,600 mi) across the Atlantic Ocean. After leaving Cape Town, participants head north-west towards the island of Ilha Trindade, and south-west from there towards South America. As they near the coast ...
Four Type IX boats sank 23 ships (155,335 GRT) off Cape Town and Durban along with eleven ships (60,829 GRT) in transit to and from the cape for a total of 34 ships (216,164 GRT), an average of 8.5 ships (54,041 GRT) per boat, a greater monthly success than the best month of attacks off the US coast.
She transported 173 male convicts, six of whom died on the voyage. [12] Ocean left Port Jackson in February 1824 bound for London. While en route she encountered a large gale and she lost her live stock overboard. She also rescued the 36-man crew of the whaler Arab, before Arab sank. Ocean went to Saint Helena to undertake repairs and buy ...
In July 1965 a long-planned acceleration of the Cape mail service was introduced, reducing the passage time by two days. The new schedule required only seven ships rather than eight and Capetown Castle , like her near sisters Athlone Castle and Stirling Castle did not have enough speed to maintain it. [ 5 ]
The Cape Town Race Week, the Myknonos and West Coast Offshore Races, Cape to St Helena, Round Robben Island, and the Cape 31 Regatta, among others, are hosted by the Royal Cape Yacht Club. [5] For the 2007 America’s Cup qualifying competition, the Louis Vuitton Cup, Team Shosholoza represented the RCYC as their entry, finishing seventh. [6]