{"id":8954,"date":"2019-10-30T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=8954"},"modified":"2019-12-22T14:16:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T14:16:29","slug":"our-passages-down-the-west-coast-of-madagascar-from-helli-ville-to-baly-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/30\/our-passages-down-the-west-coast-of-madagascar-from-helli-ville-to-baly-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Our passages down the West coast of Madagascar: From Hell-Ville to Baly Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just a reminder to those who follow in our wake…there are many different places to anchor with pros\/cons for each boat\/crew to decide what they want to do. Des Cason, our weather router had provided us his own “descriptions” of anchorages with his own opinion with regards to each….just remember… it’s always “skippers choice”!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be a long post but I will try to condense each stop we made to highlight the unusual and drama : )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our over all route down the West coast of Madagascar. We spent 11 days to cover about 300 miles. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 – Hell-Ville to Russian Bay: 13 32.55 S, 47 59.9 E<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday October 19th, we left Hell-Ville to head to Russian bay..an easy 18 mile trip and one we have done many times. However this time, the Nosy Be Regatta was in full force on a short race from Crater Bay to Russian Bay. There must of been around 20+ sailing vessels that participated and it was so cool to see them cross the finish line at Russian Bay….the anchorage was full of boats but no worries…there is plenty of room here…then the party began! Well not ours as we kicked into bed early for an early rise the next morning to start our trip down the W coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, on the way to Russian Bay we were delighted to catch a glimpse of this guy….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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