Hurghada, Egypt
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Wed 22 Apr 2015 14:30
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27.13.554 N 33.50.492 E
Altogether we spent two weeks in Port Ghalib Marina, it
was a lovely place to be. After our visit to Luxor we used our time in the
marina to do repairs on the teak decks; yes there were places where the salt
water had got in seriously. The very dry weather was ideal to really wash the
boat and decks thoroughly to get rid of all the salt and there was plenty of
that. Duncan also attacked the few small rust patches that always turn
up.
But on Monday there was a weather window, so with
Highland Duck we left early. At first we were still into wind and waves, but it
gradually got better and we even had flat seas at night. We made good progress.
At around 10 in the morning, when we were back into waves and wind close to the
traffic separation channel, when Bob radioed that his auto pilot had gone again.
We had no choice but to turn back again as hand steering the rest of the way was
not an option. We decided to stay with them and go to Abu Tig marina. However
when we radioed the marina when we got close, they said there was no room for
either of us. So we carried on going back south to try our luck with Hurdhaga
marina. They were much more helpful. So here we are now, safe and well, and an
engineer on the case. Fingers crossed! Not a bad place to be. We missed the
weather window however and it looks like we will be here until about Monday,
when there appears to be another one coming up. We'll get there
eventually...
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