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| St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean |
Ok, so the 1st of these captivating adventures we are about to embark on is a trip to St Helena Island....
St. Helena (pronounced Saint He-LEE-na), is a volcanic island and is now a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its Latitude 16º S Longitude 5º45' W & if you draw a line from the Namibian/Angola border across the Atlantic toward Brazil it will pop up about half between the 2 continents..... Making it one of the remotest places in the world you can journey to. A thought that is as exciting as it is scary. But I’ll get into more detail on this unbelievable island later.
Now the reason for this location is not because Marc & I are these hardcore adventurers & we stuck a pin on a map & decided this is our Dec vacation plan! (Although I'm pretty sure the chance is 1 in a million that you would actually hit the 16 by 8 km (10x5 Mile) speck on the world map. No the reason for this is a little Flammy named Gypsey II (Now called Botapa) a 25’ Flamenca class yacht which we bought in July 2008 & has subsequently become my husband’s mistress... J Marc has unashamedly fallen head over heels in love with sailing & as his life motto is “ everything is a race & he who dies with the most toys wins” the only possible next step in this new chapter of our lives here in Simon’s Town, would be racing at our local club, False Bay Yacht club.
St. Helena (pronounced Saint He-LEE-na), is a volcanic island and is now a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its Latitude 16º S Longitude 5º45' W & if you draw a line from the Namibian/Angola border across the Atlantic toward Brazil it will pop up about half between the 2 continents..... Making it one of the remotest places in the world you can journey to. A thought that is as exciting as it is scary. But I’ll get into more detail on this unbelievable island later.
Now the reason for this location is not because Marc & I are these hardcore adventurers & we stuck a pin on a map & decided this is our Dec vacation plan! (Although I'm pretty sure the chance is 1 in a million that you would actually hit the 16 by 8 km (10x5 Mile) speck on the world map. No the reason for this is a little Flammy named Gypsey II (Now called Botapa) a 25’ Flamenca class yacht which we bought in July 2008 & has subsequently become my husband’s mistress... J Marc has unashamedly fallen head over heels in love with sailing & as his life motto is “ everything is a race & he who dies with the most toys wins” the only possible next step in this new chapter of our lives here in Simon’s Town, would be racing at our local club, False Bay Yacht club.
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| The day we got the 'keys' |
I say we because the only thing (Besides Mia & I of course!) that Marc loves more than sailing – and only a little more – is filming. He got chatting to the guys at the club one day & just said what an awesome TV production this race could make! Enter Plan C productions – Our production company we own with 2 wonderful friends & colleagues. We first started in cars, but through the years have dabbled in a variety of subjects – with one thing in common -we have always tried to film things we are passionate about. Our company philosophy is “life is too short to not enjoy your work” & as a TV producer & production manager in my own right, it is the perfect situation & one, we have always strived to reach – filming what we love & doing it together.
And so, Marc will participate in this epic race – which I’m pretty nervous about as a mother & wife but more on that later & I will co-produce from the RMS St. Helena. And of course, it goes without saying, that Mia goes everywhere we go.
So once again we get to travel the world & work at the same time. We know we are very lucky & very very appreciative..... Always.
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