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Exploring Vanderkloof Dam for the first time.

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  Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. " Ralph Waldo Emerson" Vanderkloof Dam Solar Boat Expedition. Our expedition starting point,  Vanderkloof Dam Boat Club. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa (in volume), having the highest dam wall in the country at  108 metres (354 ft) . The dam was commissioned in 1977; it has a capacity of 3,187.557 million cubic metres (2,584,195 acre⋅ft) and a surface area of 133.43 square kilometres (51.52 sq mi) when full. We arrived at 👉 Vanderkloof  Dam on Saturday afternoon the 8th of May 2021. Because we were doing this trip alone we were required to have a Satellite phone onboard. We also had to register our boat and had buoyancy done Info on history, fishing 🐟 and 🐑🦓 farming 👇 https://www.vanderkloof.info/aboutvanderkloof Weather reports predicted light winds and full sunshine for the next seven days. We packed and prepared the boat for the trip.  ...