Extreme test for Durban sailor’s Vasco da Gama quest
By Staff Reporter | Published Aug 11, 2024
On October 10, 2017, Durban was bludgeoned by a storm that ripped ships off their harbour moorings, sunk boats in the Marina and devastated wide areas around the city. Durban diver and sailor Neville Bransby was testing his and his Shearwater 39’s readiness for the Vasco da Gama race and single handedly came out the other side. This is an edited extract from his latest book, My Vasco da Gama Quest.