Well after deciding yesterday that we weren't going to burn any more diesel and just cruise on into Maputo the wind slowly filled in. We also got a text from Tom on Ever After saying they had 2-3kts current inside of us so we headed on in. Our "Google Earth Live" waypoints for the current were thrown in the bin as they proved to be a waste of time! Just follow the coast along the deeper contours and you're laughing! Not the opposing currents we saw on live. Anyway, we had a great night and found it and were doing 7-8kts under full sail until half 8 this morning.then the breeze died and left a sloppy sea so we have motored a while as we are now back on for arriving in Richards Bay for Daylight Tuesday all going to plan! The forecast is for the breeze picking up tonight with easterlies, building until Tuesday afternoon from the North at 20+ and then turning Strong southerlies by early hours of Wednesday morning so we should make it in plenty of time.
It's now Sunday 1800 and we have 220nm to go until Richards Bay and have a couple of kts current that will hopefully build also.
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