sailing offshore
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Socotra, Djibouti, Red Sea and Suakin
We thought long and hard about this next leg of our journey. It is possible and reasonably safe to sail up the Red Sea at the moment…(although we could do without Trump bombing Yemen while we were in the vicinity.)… Continue reading
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The Challenges of the Indian Ocean Crossing to the Maldives…
There’s no other way to describe the passage from Phuket to Malé in the Maldives….9 days and 1,600nm of shitfulness! There was torrential rain, a leaking hot-water cylinder, which was pouring our fresh water into the bilge. The sealant round… Continue reading