aboard the Luna Moon

At the start of World War II, the Luna Moon was intentionally sunk by its owner so she couldn’t be used in the war. She was resurfaced in 1949 and refitted as a fishing vessel. She was then purchased in 1982 and refitted again, this time into a gaff rig schooner, and she was bought by a company in the Seychelles to be used as a luxury charter vessel. In 2019, she was purchased by a South African businessman, upgraded, and delivered to Nasi Bay in Madagascar, where she is now being used for a sailing academy and for surf charters. I traveled to Madagascar this past September and boarded the Luna Moon with Jalou Langeree, Catta Edin, Patri McLaughlin, Ydwer Van Der Heide, and Mint Grigas in search of epic kitesurfing and surfing conditions…

The airport sprint

I woke up in Mauritius at 6am and began packing my wet clothes straight off the line and into one of my many cases. Patri and I headed to the MRU airport where I was greeted by Catta, Jalou, Ydwer, and Mint, all donning huge smiles, eager to head off on our journey. We checked in our multitude of suitcases and board bags, then boarded our flight to the capital city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. On arrival we only had an hour to get through immigration, recheck our bags, then board the next flight to