So Good Day All
Compliments of the season to you all may 2023 be filled with HEALTH, HAPPINESS and Financial well-being.
Often it’s good to reflect on what we have achieved at HOOKED ON AFRICA during 2022 and what to look forward to in 2023.
After the COVID LOCKDOWN in MARCH, we repowered EXTRAVAGENCE with a new set of 300HP new addition YAMAHA motors plus a new set of DUAL CONTROLS. It’s been a good change to say the least, with fuel savings of 20% and much more power allowing us to run comfortably at lower revs thus using less fuel.
We have RUN 21 PELAGIC BIRDING trips managing to see 44 species of birds under the watchful eyes of TREVOR and CLIFFY of ZEST FOR BIRDS, many other species of WHALES, DOLPHINS, SUNFISH, and even TURTLES, who have again booked another 27 PELAGIC TRIPS for this year.
We in conjunction with the TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM have released several RESCUED, REHABILITATED TURTLES back into the wild with the biggest being 67 just the other day. These guys at the aquarium do an amazing job.
We have taken more than 100 FISHING CHARTERS both OFFSHORE and INSHORE with reviews to prove we go the extra mile to catch fish.
We have done several FILM SHOOTS both as camera boats and as change rooms, due to our onboard toilet facilities.
We also met a competitor doing the GOLDEN GLOBE CHALLENGE, BAYANAT skippered by ABHILASH TOMY who last time fell from the mast and broke his back and had to be rescued BUT he is back and currently in 3rd place and catching the leaders one of whom is a SOUTH AFRICAN LADY.
All of this will continue through 2023 with the addition of THE OCEAN RACE in FEBRUARY (the formula one of yachting ) with its stopover in CAPE TOWN will see us doing the LIVE FEED and MEDIA for both the ARRIVALS (9th/10th FEBRUARY), IN-PORT (23rd/24th February) and DEPARTURE ( 25th/26th FEBRUARY) through the SOUTHERN OCEAN.
So, JANUARY/ FEBRUARY and early MARCH will be MARLIN TIME with a few small YELLOWFIN and LONGFIN to keep us on our toes, THEN PRIME TUNA SEASON late MARCH, APRIL, and MAY with our TUNA MASTERS competition from the 14th/15th and 16th of APRIL.
So, if it’s a GREAT EXPERIENCE your after with our TEAM of hand-picked boats for all occasions remembering our passion is all about CATCHING fish then look no further as you have come to the right place.
YOUR CAPTAIN
