“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. The Breede River

By Richard Crockett

I always admire people who choose to explore new cruising destinations rather than to simply follow in the wake of many before them.

One such cruising couple are former Capetonians Nicholas & Diedre Mace who decided to take their 50-foot cat up the Breede River. Their rationale was as follows: The Breede River is described as the longest navigable river in the Western Cape (28nm from mouth to the Pont) and is only 160nm by sea from CT. On-line research showed that small coasters used Port Beaufort (Witsand) as a harbour for many years. However, we could not find any references to yachts having crossed the bar, except for a Roberts 45 some 20 years ago. What had changed? What unknown dangers could there be? Why are cruising cats not enjoying this area?

Having done extensive research they took the plunge and spent 10 idyllic days on the Breede River.

READ HOW THEY DID IT HERE:  Pages from 2015 02 – SAILING Magazine – OCR-2

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