| Renette On the evening of 20 April 1998, the 7,7 metre yacht "Renette" with three persons on board, was on passage from Cape Town to Hout Bay under motor. When the yacht's motor failed, the vessel was in Chapman's Bay, one Nm south of Duiker Island. The sea state was 5 - 6 metre swells rolling in from the South West, with a Force 8 SE wind blowing. Full Story |
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| Gulliver A wild northwester was sending mountainous swells crashing shorewards off the southwestern Cape coast on 15 May 1986. The yacht Gulliver, en route from Knysna to Cape Town for a round-the-world trip, was making heavy weather as she headed towards Slangkop light near Kommetjie. With four persons aboard, Gulliver was heading for the sanctuary of Hout Bay when she was caught by a massive breaking wave some two nautical miles off shore. Full Story |