The Gulf of Aden
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Tue 17 Mar 2015 05:53
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11.52.07 N 44.37.82 E
We are now in the most dangerous area and for the next
24 hrs to come. It is windy and the sea is quiet rough, so not good for small
skiffs. We have not seen much in the way of commercial shipping so far and one
dhow towing some skiffs, but they did not come close to us. It gave us a change
to practice "code yellow" and come together quickly, which we did well. We also
stopped for a few hours when the sea was calm and did a fuel transfer. Highland
Duck carries 600 extra liters in an orange bladder. Roger also went onto
Highland Duck and between them they managed to get the auto pilot working again.
So all good.
We also have seen a coalition plane go over a couple of
times to check us out.
Otherwise we carry on, making good speed over the
ground, but sailing in convoy is quite tiring and stressful. A few more days to
go.
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