Bert ter Hart has been sailing his entire life, and in November he embarked on a trip of a lifetime. The former Estevan, Sask., resident, who now resides on Gabriola Island, B.C., is on a mission to sail single-handedly around the world using only celestial navigation.
Ter Hart has not gotten off the boat since he left in the fall and has been following the stars to get him through the five capes — Cape Horn in Chile, Cape Agulhas in South Africa, Cape Leeuwin in Australia, South East Cape at the southernmost tip of Tasmania and South Cape in New Zealand.
Leah, his sister, explains that her job of handling his social media has turned into a much bigger role than she thought. “There’s been a lot of emotional phone calls, too, because it’s