We left Marsa Oseif around 6am this morning. Until about noon it was quite windy with seas a little uncomfortable at around 1 to 1.5m with an occasional breaker, but now (1pm) it is lovely. We have been sailing since we came out of the reef around 7am, close-hauled and initially with one reef in the main sail. Once the winds dropped to about 15 knots at midday we took out the reef. Seas are a lot better now with no breaking waves. We are looking forward to the afternoon sea breeze when we will tack to close the western shore of the Red Sea again. Depending on conditions and the forecast we may anchor at either Dolphin Reef or off Sharm Luli tomorrow night. If the forecast is good we will press on for Suez!

Position 22° 15.461′ N 37° 13.391′ E
COG 025T
SOG 6.1kt