Sibusiso Sizatu, who grew up in Masiphumelele near Fishoek in Cape Town and hopes to inspire underprivileged children to pursue careers in sailing and watersports.Sibusiso Sizatu, who grew up in Masiphumelele near Fishoek in Cape Town and hopes to inspire underprivileged children to pursue careers in sailing and watersports.
Sizatu will be the skipper of the yacht ArchAngel in the Cape to Rio yacht race, which begins on Monday . In the 6 000-kilometer race, he will be joined by five other crew members, four men and one woman. A young Sibusiso grew up in Qumbu in the Eastern Cape and never thought he would one day join and lead a South African team in an elite water sport. He left his home village at the age of 10 and moved to Masiphumelele in Cape Town with his family before being introduced to sailing by a friend at the age of 16.“First thing I experienced was getting seasick and the boat was getting deeper and deeper into the ocean.
“We are hoping to take 23 days if we want a chance of winning but anything can happen. It’s about 3 300 nautical miles. In kilometers, it is about 6 000. Even before we got the sponsor we have been training when i joined in 2018 top of the list was Cape to Rio because we have kids that are from the marine industry we have to introduce them to deep sailing but we have been struggling for funding.”