Tom Maben,single handed sailor

Tom and his wife Dale aboard Song of Grace prior to Tom sailing off,all pictures by R McBride using a Canon FT 35mm camera.

Song of Grace,along side a sister ship,Ocean Cloud both boats crossed the South Atlantic but only Toms with its blue transom single handed,well done Tom.
Left click the log book pages to view in a larger size.




I mentioned Tom did a trip on his own,well on checking I find its was all of fifteen years ago,month to month,he left Hout Bay at noon on the 13th of November 1995,sailing 5600 miles to Grenada and arrived on the 8th of January 1995,thats quite a trip.The boat was an Endurance 37 design by Peter Ibold,Tom bought a set of mouldings from the Knysna Boat Yard,in Knysna,Eastern Cape,he had the bare hull and deck delivered to his home in Bryanston,where he completed the boat prior to bringing it all the way down on a road trailer and launching in Hout Bay Harbour,I was there that day.

When Tom decided to leave Song of Grace in Grenada and fly back home,he wrote up his log book and kindly gave me a copy,I have copied pages one and 31 which is the last page on arrival,if you want the rest of the story you had better ask Tom!