Graptolite - Aden
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 5 Apr 2009 09:58
Grapto arrived unmolested in the Port of Aden this morning. We had a few
scares overnight with panicky big tankers nearby radioing about speedboats
chasing them and helicopters being called in for protection. I think we
might have been confused for one of the "speedboats" once or twice as when
we see unidentified boats around we've been going into stealth mode with no
running lights.
The approach to Aden in the dark was very dramatic with the orange city
light-pollution making a silhouette of the mountains. We anchored in the
outer harbour for a few hours waiting for daylight and have just arrived in
the inner harbour for formalities.
M