The Tanga Yacht Race is a well-known event among sailors in Dar, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate. I was on a boat skippered by a 77-year-old veteran of many Tanga races, so I felt safe. The boat was a clean and tidy catamaran, with many automated systems that made sailing… Read More »
There is little to do around Dar es Salaam to entertain yourself for a day which does not involve the water. There was a birthday to celebrate so a few of us decided to spend the day on Mbudya Isoand in the bay. This is definitely the best place in Dar to spend the day… Read More »
Walking into Dar Yacht Club (or DYC as they like to call it) you can feel the history before you see the wooden board on the quarter deck (the bar) listing all the Commanders of the club since its founding in 1933. I cannot afford full membership as it costs thousands of dollars a year… Read More »
I have been trying to find someone with a boat ever since I got here and at last I did it. Mike generously said I could go aboard his catamaran and it turned out that we were going to have a race. There was only one other boat in the race – Ragtime – and… Read More »