Khor Nawarat ~ Sudan

Current Position: North 18*15'067 East 038*19'722

After an over night sail from Massawa in Eritrea we stopped to anchor behind a small group of island called Khor Nawarat and have been here ever since! The northerly winds filled in at 25-30 knots making it impossible for us to make the next jump 50 miles north of here to Long island. We are now in Sudan and roughly a third of the way up the Red Sea, the islands here are very dry and flat but we've been able to catch fish from the dinghy and pick clams from the sand at the waters edge. We are here with six other yachts and have been meeting ashore every evening to light a bonfire and cook whatever we've caught during the day.

It looks like tomorrow the wind will lessen enough for us to make a push north and we're hoping to be in Port Suakin in a couple of days. From Suakin we'll catch a bus to Port Sudan to restock our food supplies and take a look around the old city.

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