Still motoring on a glassy sea (since about midnight) and even the swell has all but disappeared. Six hours (35 miles) to go to the anchorage at Khor El Mar’ob.
Position 21° 20.159′ N 37° 27.140′ E
COG 332T
SOG 6.0kt
Log 10,794 nm
Engine 328.2 h
Author Archives: Gerhard Malan
Sha’ab Su’adi, and motoring again
Wind has dropped again after dark, as anticipated so we are motoring again. Sea is flat and there’s a 60% waxing moon light the way.
Position 20° 11.998′ N 37° 33.847′ E
COG 003T
SOG 6.4kt
HF Sked 04/05/2020 @ 1500UTC
The usual suspects on the net tonight: Paul on Arbutus hosted the net again. Arbutus is about 40nm north of us on their way to Silya Island on the Egypt/Sudan border. Joanna and Libert‚, who left Suakin just behind us this morning, are now 15 and 20nm respectively south of us. They will anchor at Kor Shinab tomorrow, about 40nm south of Khor El Mar’ob where we will anchor for the next week while the northerlies blow. Also on the Sked was Bird O’Passage, on their way from Djibouti to Massawa. Sounds like they are around Bab El Mandeb as they have 3 days to go to Suakin, bypassing Massawa.
Position 20° 03.846′ N 37° 35.936′ E
COG 346T
SOG 4.1kt
En Route, NE Sha’ab Rumi
A weak sea breeze out of the NNE has given us a break from the continuous motoring. We are sailing close-hauled in 7 to 10 knots, making 4.5 to 5 knots. It’s been a day of little to do other than keep an eye out. There’s hardly any traffic other than ships either anchored at Port Sudan or over the horizon in the ship channel to the east. We had a line out all day but caught nothing.
Position 19° 58.717′ N 37° 36.778′ E
COG 351T
SOG 5.1kt