Author Archives: yachtbaringo

Sadly, we left Port Said in a rather unpleasant atmosphere after a very interesting transit of the Suez Canal. We had stayed half way in Ismailia, a compulsory stop and on checking the weather decided it would be better to … Continue reading →

We have arrived 6 months and a day after we left Hong Kong. A new blog is on its way from Julia. But at least a decent internet connection and photos of previous blogs have now been uploaded.

We crossed the border between Sudan and Egypt during a night sail keeping well offshore as the border is disputed.Our first port of call was Port Ghalib a rather soulless large holiday resort in the middle of the desert. There … Continue reading →

We left Massawa on 13.4.2011 planning to reach an anchorage in a suitable bay locally known as a ‘marsa. There are many of these along the coast of varying degrees of difficulty in entrance because of the reefs. The wind … Continue reading →

We anchored for the second night in Eritrea, again behind a very flat island but although this did not provide much shelter from the wind at least the sea was calm. The island was coral and had a wonderfully primeval … Continue reading →

The final stage of the convoy started. We are now 10 boats so two groups of five. In Aden the wind had usually picked up in the afternoon and as the saying goes: whatever it blows in Aden it will … Continue reading →

Sadly closer inspection of Aden only revealed more dirt, squalor and danger. There was a smell and atmosphere of imminent trouble. Aden consists of several small townships linked by rather dangerous curving roads between the large rocky outcrops which are … Continue reading →

This was the start of serious convoy sailing in two groups trying to keep within about 200m of each other in strict positions. It is extremely tiring and very irritating as other boats and almost certainly ourselves do not always … Continue reading →

After a difficult start in the harbour things remained trouble free and we did not have to move again. The port makes a less than desirable anchorage, it is very dirty and dusty so despite cleaning the boat it looked … Continue reading →

This was our first experience of convoy sailing and we were a group of 4 yachts leaving the Marina. For us it was rather slow, because for a change we were one of the faster boats! I know many will … Continue reading →