A picture of the Polish flag.
Natasza has her 34ft Sparkman and Stevens sloop tied up safely on the Hout Bay Yacht Clubs marina.
A second Polish solo female sailor arrived in Hout Bay only yesterday,film crews were busy as she arrived on friday and took footage of her anchored off the harbour wall in rising gale conditions today.
Roy,
Fashion model or solo circumnavigator? Natasza Caban could be both.
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But Caban isn't in it for fame and fortune. She's been, to put it bluntly, obsessed with sailing since she graduated high school, crewing on dozens of yachts, from the Maxi 80 Kia Loa IV to Sydney-Hobart racers to Caribbean bound charter boats. Her stunning beauty and outgoing personality certainly opened doors but skippers quickly realized that she had much more to offer.
When Caban decided she wanted to crew in the Sydney-Hobart, for example, she had no crew position, no money and no place to stay. She found a request for crew online, asked the skipper to sponsor her visit to Australia, borrowed money from her family for a plane ticket and found a job the day after she arrived. On the ride back from Hobart, the yacht she was on dismasted and the entire crew had to be rescued, but her resolve never wavered. She's pursued her passion with a single-mindedness that has to be admired.
If she gets her way, as she usually does, Caban could become the youngest Pole to solo circumnavigate.
Photos Courtesy Natasza Caban
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You can follow Caban's journey on her Web site - as thousands of Polish schoolchildren will be doing - at www.nataszacaban.com. Be sure to click on the little British flag in the upper right corner to get the English version.
- latitude / ld
And a comment from our local solo sailor and past HBYC Commodore,Justin Phillips:
UNBELIEVABLE! I need to have a word with these two tomorrow! Need some tips for when I go round Robben Island!
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