Sailing the Indian Ocean: ‘It felt like we had travelled back a few centuries in time’

Floris and Ivar battled severe weather and cross swell when sailing the Indian Ocean from Australia to South Africa, but there were beautiful islands on the way.

After much deliberation, we finally decided in Darwin that we were not going to Asia. We would miss out on an exciting cruising area but due to the pandemic, we were running out of time. We had spent an extra year in New Zealand – the year we had originally planned for Asia. Instead, we would sail to South Africa...