Lucky no 13 for sea legends
On New Year's Day 2019 David Barnet and Tjaart Oosthuizen, known as Legends of the Sea, are determined to win the gruelling 5-day Trans Agulhas Inflatable Boat Race for an incredible 13th time.
The event, the world's toughest inflatable boat challenge, will be taking place between Plettenberg Bay and the Strand for the 31st time.
The race starts on 28 December in Plettenberg Bay and day one ends in
Mossel Bay. The next stage is from Mossel Bay to Stilbaai. Day three takes the racers from Stilbaai to Struisbaai, which includes a night race. Day 4 is from Struisbaai to Gansbaai and on 1 January, the last leg of the race, the boats race from Gansbaai to the Strand.
Barnet and Oosthuizen, both from Cape Town, have been teammates for sixteen years - another record for them in this competition. They joined forces in 2002 and in the same year were crowned as the South African National, Western Province, Trans-Atlantic and Trans Agulhas champions.