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My niece Jess is very easy going and undemanding! The other day when we looked out at Hout Bay from the top of Chapman’s Peak, she expressed an interest in going on a ferry to see the seals! So today was the day we planned to go…the weather was perfect! We parked at Hout Bay Harbour (cost R5) and parked right in front of one of the several boat charter companies. We chose the one that also goes to a shipwreck…(cost R70)
We hung around the harbour taking in the view and snapping some photos on a spectacular windfree Cape Town day.
The Cape Coons were out entertaining the tourists for 2de Nuwe Jaar…
The ferry was comfortable and spacious & had lots of shade….
We soon got to Seal island….seals, seals and more seals……and those who weren’t on the rock were frolicking in the sea…
Some of them friendly and curious…
We continued our little trip round the bay to see the Bos 400. I never even knew it was there…
The BOS 400, a French Derrick Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr. June 26, 1994.The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay. Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck. The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000.
The Boss 400 was the biggest floating crane in Africa when the towing lines broke and hit the rocks in a storm.
Being a barge and having no main engines of its own it had to be towed to wherever it was working in the world. It had been used in the industry to pick up huge pipes. The tug that had the towing operation was underpowered and not up to the job. They found themselves unable to cope with the conditions and radioed through to Cape Town harbour to ask for assistance.
Source: http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/05/shipwreck-of-bos-400-maori-bay-south.html
Out at sea, it was exhilarating…
On our way back we passed a yacht going out for a little sail…
So that was a fabulous morning!
Earlier, I had got stuck into day two of reading through the Bible in a year. The verse that jumped out at me was Genesis 4:7 which says, “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
This is a lesson for all time. The Lord knew Cain would murder Abel and came to him ahead of time and warned him, ‘sin is crouching at your door.’ That warning remains set in stone. Those are the words of God, not only for Cain, but also for each one of us. We all face temptations and we all face choices. The lure of sin is great. The devil makes it attractive. It is enticing. It makes us get excited. Our heart beats faster with the anticipation of a little sin. It lures us in an unexpectedly strong manner. The devil plays with our minds, undermining the severity of the wrong choices we are about to make, undermining the Word of God (‘did God really say…’ Genesis 3:1) and undermining the consequences of sin (‘You will not surely die?’ Genesis 3:4). We need to be aware of the devil’s plans to lure us from God’s way and cause us to sin. We are warned of just this in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” The devil is the devourer. The consequences of sin are always going to be destructive. This new year aim at putting a hedge around your life. Be self-controlled and alert. Sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it. God is with you. He will help you!
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂