S3 Ep50 | Island Hopping West Coast, South Africa part 3 | Saldanha to Langebaan | Sailing Pluto 1 2

WEST COAST SAILING, South Africa part 3

Hello, and welcome to part 3 of our trip up the west coast of South Africa.
This is South Africas west coast and most cruisers skip a large part of it and head straight over and do the Atlantic Ocean crossing.

We think they are missing a lot.

So far, we have been and seen Robben Island, Dassen Island and into Saldanha Bay.

Some days of the trip were swelly, some were choppy with wind from all over.

Other section of the trip was pure bliss.

Join us on part 3 as we drop and lift anchor all around the Langebaan Lagoon. There is a lot still to see an do.


Saldanha Bay Yacht Club is located in a sheltered area of Smitswinkelbaai Saldanha Bay.

The breakwater and hills create a very sheltered harbour.
The whole area is paradise for watersports. The majority of local community strongly depend on fishing, mussels, seafood processing and steel.

The harbour also plays an important part in the export of Iron ore and all these industries and their activities are prominent and hard to miss.

You will see fishing boats and mussel and oyster farms all around.

Regardless of these activities the area is still pretty, quaint and relaxed with lots of room to explore and sail around. We will share more about this town in a future video.

First, with our plans to go to Cape Town moved out with a week, we lifted anchor once again and sailed from Saldanha to Langebaan


Langebaan is well known for it’s the white sand beaches surrounding the clear waters of the lagoon. The waters is mostly sheltered and is another favourite for sailing, kayaking, kitesurfing and fishing. To protect its culture as a fishing, holiday and retirement village, Langebaan allows no industries.

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