123 / 136 x-yachting 2013 123 x world “during our stay in auckland the problem with pirates in the gulf of aden escalated and we decided to go around the cape of good hope. we also decided to add another year onto our circumnavigation to have more time to explore. both decisions turned out to right, and we loved the trip north around australia and across the indian ocean. “arriving in south africa was very different to what we had experienced before. now out of the trade