Anchored in the port of Massawa, Eritrea after a perfect day of sailing on flat seas.
Position 15° 36.760′ N 39° 28.394′ E
COG 180T
SOG 0.0kt
Log 10,315 nm
Engine 273.4 h
Daily Archives: 24 February 2020
The Red Sea is full of tuna
Caught another small Mackerel Tuna on the troll, third one in 4 days. We made a huge red Thai curry couple of days ago with about two thirds of the first two, enough for three meals. Planning a pile of tuna-avocado nori rolls for tonight using the avo’s from the Djibouti fresh market.
Position 15° 24.130′ N 40° 07.429′ E
COG 308T
SOG 6.0kt
Unexpectedly good sail up the South Mits’wa Channel
The westerly land breeze stuck with us till 10, giving us 3 hours of beautiful windward sailing in smooth water. The 8-12 knots was just enough to sail close-hauled at 6-7 knots. The long groundswell is still from the south-east (behind) making the motion almost hypnotic, like being slowly rocked to sleep.
Position 15° 17.951′ N 40° 15.792′ E
COG 313T
SOG 4.2kt
Off to Massawa today, about 50 miles
Weighed anchor at 7am, a mere 15 minutes after the alarm went off. Wind had veered to the west during the early hours so we were pointing in the opposite direction to when we anchored. Anchor came up clean, and we were not surprised as it skipped a couple of times when we set it, so the bottom is probably similar to the shore – looks like a shale rock and sand. We made sail straightaway, making use of the 8-12 knot land breeze and lest we should foul the propeller again with the seaweed that’s everywhere.
Position 15° 05.070′ N 40° 19.316′ E
COG 035T
SOG 3.2kt