Sea Trader goes beyond the four walls.

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Corrie van Zyl and his family settled in Stompneusbaai in 1968. Before they got involved in the fishing industry, the family were dairy farmers. They built a crayfish factory and a perlemoen farm which they later sold. The Van Zyl's decided to develop their land into a private nature reserve.

The name Cape St. Martin springs from the lighthouse situated on the peninsula where the development is situated.

Next to the original homestead they built a wedding venue, the Sea Trader, named after a cargo ship that ran aground at the most western point of Britannia Bay on 3 June 1971.