Marina Glades of St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa adjoins the Krom River near its mouth to the Bay of St Francis.
Marina Glades
Living near here I have seen many foreign yachts come and go over the years and would like to mention some.
Eric & Susan Hiscock
Wanderer IV
Eric and Susan Hiscock from England on a circumnavigation in their 49 ft steel ketch Wanderer IV.
Sid & Barb with son
Sid and Barb Nettleton on their yacht Sinabada from Australia. An engineer, Sid almost single-handedly installed the enormous engines for the town's new power station at the time.
Jorge & Julie
Jorge and Julie Zimmerman from Germany in their yacht Equinox. He was an electrical engineer and he set up a weather station at the marina.
Brian & Judy
Brian and Judy Harrison in their yacht Faraway from Gold Coast Queensland in Australia. Brian helped with boat repairs and set up a tide gauge in the marina.
Ben Gunn
Mithrandir
Two othe yachts, Ben Gunn from Wellington and Mithrandir from Seattle Washinton USA.
Nkwazi
Yacht Nkwazi (Fish Eagle in Zulu), belonging to the developer of the marina, Leighton Hulett, was built here and had just completed a five month cruise to Seychelles and back.
Leighton offered these round the world yachtsmen jobs while they were in South Africa – they were all qualified men in certain fields like engineering and he needed their skills and services.
Credit: My own blog and photos. Map by Google maps.