The sea now is almost like glass with just a couple of knots of breeze behind us. We are literally doing 3.5-4 kts with the current alone. The forecast for Sunday night till Wednesday morning is for 15-20kt headwinds and into this current I don't expect it to be very comfy to say the least. So we have spotted some islands about 5 mile off the Mozambique coast called Illas Primeiras and we will go and hang behind them for a couple of days and wait until we can carry on south. Plan to arrive at daylight tomorrow.
Looks like there isn't much around on the mainland there close so hopefully it might be good fishing and that can keep us busy for a couple of days.
Been pretty uneventful here just rolling around cooking bananas, watching episodes of Seinfeild and taking it pretty easy as now there is no rush at all and it's good to just be cruising in the current without having to motor.
Up until last night we were pushing at least half a knot of current the whole way but now it should hopefully be with us all the way until Richards Bay.
Our midday position is 16*42s 40*37e about 40nm off Mozambique coast and 90nm from the islands and doing 4.5kts and the cabin is getting hot! There's a few ships around also heading up and down the coast.
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