Graptolite - Fury Shoal

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Wed 6 May 2009 05:15
24:09.66N 035:41.91E, Fury Shoal, Egypt Tuesday 5th May AM

A southerly gale sent us surfing across the Tropic of Cancer last night.
When we were most of the way across Foul Bay and in less than the time it
took for me to think the autopilot had broken, the wind dropped to nothing
and came back as an equally strong gale from the north. I like to think this
may have been merely a robust but affectionate farewell pat from the
equatorial parts of our planet.

We are now sheltering in splendid isolation on a windswept but not too
bouncy reef on Fury Shoal where it is reputed that dolphins like to swim
with yachties.

M