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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Able Seaman Tutu

Tuesday, 5th June 2007 at 2:18 pm

Colourful, ever-cheerful, and vested of plenty of character, there are worse sailing companions one could imagine than Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which was pretty much the thinking at Team Shosholoza HQ when they invited the Arch to be their official patron …

Shoshaloza

Shosholoza off to a flyer

Saturday, 7th April 2007 at 11:03 am

In a year boasting two World Cups - and with the first of those well underway - the America’s Cup hasn’t received quite as much attention as it’s deserved in South Africa. How to change that? Quite simple: go out …

Peacock’s boat

Zimbabwean navy at sea

Monday, 29th January 2007 at 9:31 pm

It’s a catch-22 situation. Landlubber Zimbabwean with no sailing experience and minimal swimming skills wants to join a crew sailing a yacht from Cape Town to South America, and needs to find a boat willing to take him. But by …