Malua is at 33:57.47N 12:05.07W at 0600 on 10/10/12 at sea

The forecast estimated that there would be a low pressure ridge 200 nm off the Moroccan coast and the wind would blow into this ridge but generally from the north.  Well the wind gods did not listen to the American forecasters and decided on this occasion not to send wind.  We have sail for about 4 hour of the total passage we have made of 350 nm so far.  At the moment we are 245 nm from Rabat and the wind has not filled in.  I did a check of the available diesel and we will have sufficient to motor all the way.  We last filled in Gibraltar.  Lesson learnt always keep 20 litres in a can just in case.  Luckily Moroccan fuel prices are very low.  I hear as low as 30c/l so we will be able to fill to the brim when we get there.

The AIS has been quiet with only the occasional ship or mega yacht passing.  I expect the number to increase as we near the land because the traffic down the coast must increase as the head for Gibraltar from the south as well as increase in the number of fishing boats as we approach the coast.

Our estimated ETA is in two day Friday just after day break.  We will have to stand off until the tide reaches high at noon before we will be escorted over the river mouth bar into the new marina at Bouregreg, Rabat.

That will be a magical moment on Malua.