Day 43 to Che Shale


We woke up this morning to rain, removing all hope of wind ... but that soon cleared. However, that was only the start of our issues, as the electric motor (one of Tom's great ideas) packed up. No amout of WD40 in the plugs would coax her into action. 

Out with the oars! But we still had 15 minutes of foul tide so that didn't work, especially as we could not keep even with each other. Sails up! Beating for 45 mins out of Mida Creek. We lost concentration, thinking of the high tide and touched a hidden part of the reef. Luckily we got off lightly.

A clear reach up to Malindi where we kept 2km off the outer reef. The seas got very confused and we later learnt this is called The Boiling Pot for good reason. But then we turned north and got the spinnaker up. Surfing down the waves at up to 9.5 
knots (c.18 kmph). The Mousehole Cat is performing admirably! Although it's like having an extra person on board with 45kg of water, engine, anchor and camping kit for tomorrow night.

Managed a sandwich for lunch from our hotel  accompanied by rocket salad, which seemed a little out of place, although we skipped the French dressing.

Made it in to Che Shale, around yet another reef in good time. 6 hours at sea, 60km. She is anchored off the beach (beneath the kite surfer below). We heard war stories over supper of kite surfing from Lamu to Zanzibar.

Not enough Internet to upload film this evening ....

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  1. AnonymousNovember 5, 2022 at 12:38 AM

    No rollocks for the oars? That can’t have been easy…

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