Category Archives: Ocean Passages

Posts about ocean passages with S.V. Sunny Spells. These can go on a bit, so have a glass of your favourite muscle relaxant close at hand…

Corona Virus and Onward Plans

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We have been corresponding with various people in the last 24 hours regarding COVID-19 and it’s impact on our plans. Europe, including Cyprus and Croatia, have closed their borders to foreign nationals. Suez is still allowing transit of yachts, but all Egyptian Red Sea ports are also closed to us. We have truly become citizens of the Republic of Sunny Spells. We have food and fuel to last us 6 weeks/800 miles respectively and a watermaker, so we are okay for the time being. We will try and re-provision and take diesel in Port Suez before heading into the Mediterranean for we know not where. Time will tell where we will find a safe port that will accept us.

Position 24° 59.100′ N 34° 59.825′ E
COG 180T
SOG 0.0kt

Lat 24.985000: Lon 34.997083

ARRIVAL: Samadai Reef

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Motored all the way in light headwinds and big swell. Picked up one of the public moorings on the advice of our friends on Ariel1, who we last saw in Dolphin Reef. Went for a snorkel to check out mooring. Tackle appears very new, less than 6 months old but appears to be anchored to reef below the sand as the chain comes out of the sand with no mooring block visible.

Position 24° 57.457′ N 35° 00.910′ E
COG 329T
SOG 1.9kt
Log 11,120 nm
Engine 372.9 h

Lat 24.957617: Lon 35.015167

ARRIVAL: Gezirat Wadi Gimal

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After a day of mostly motoring and a couple of hours windward sailing in lumpy seas we anchored in calm water in 12m over sand and coral patches. Very snug. One could certainly ride out a gale here, as long as it is from the North-East.

Position 24° 37.126′ N 35° 10.843′ E
COG 329T
SOG 2.4kt
Log 11,098 nm
Engine 367.9 h

Lat 24.618767: Lon 35.180717