I get two hours kip before multiple alarm clocks sound. My lift arrives early (at 03.45) so we get to Hurghada airport in good time. No sign of the other 3 so good job I set an alarm. I do hope they don't run into any gay dwarfs as the ...

Before the agent comes out to us again we get a call saying we have been cleared and can now come into the marina. The rib comes out to guide us again and this time we ARE allowed to stay. The marina manager, etc., are there to meet us and come on ...

Tim calls the agent in Hurghada and is told that he will be there to meet us and is made aware of flights booked. We're told that shouldn't be a problem and all, at this stage, is looking good.

Approaching Hurghada as the sun dips down behind the mountains: We're in VHF contact with the marina and they inform us they'll send a rib out to meet us and guide us in. Problem, problem We tie up in the marina and even before the engines are off we get a phone ...

We've been getting grib files via mailasail and on the whole they've been pretty accurate. Local anomalies, as always, exist but they've been fairly good in terms of wind direction, speed and timing. It therefore comes as no surprise when we start getting northerly winds when we are North of ...

Again the grib was accurate and the wind kept us from making good speed towards Hurghada until early morning. When it did drop off and the sea flatted we were then making 10 knots on course to our destination :-) We're now north of the Egypt/Sudan border and as we ...

...to one and all! Hardly merry on board but now we're only a few days from our destination they'll taste better when we arrive :-) Tim's turn to cook today and he knocks up a delicious Christmas dinner (sorry Tim, at time of writing I can't remember what it was :-) and ...

The following winds didn't last much past midday yesterday and after a few hours the sea state had dropped to calm. Weather forecast is typicla of this time of year and we expect light airs for the next day or so and then northerlies for the last 600 or so miles. We're ...

Decent following winds from the end of the corridor all the way to the Red Sea see us surfing up to 16 knots going through the Large Strait between Djibouti and Yemen. Nice to get a phone signal and to get belated birthday messages and, obviously, to be able to send ...

Another one bites the dust! Our last day in the corridor before we head NW to the entrance to the Red Sea. A glorious sunrise seas a warship-escorted convoy of merchant vessels heading East. It's always nice in this area to see coalition warships or aircraft and I liked the fact that this ...