The Suez Canal runs for 163km between Port Said on the Mediterranean to Suez on the Red Sea. It is only 60m wide and has one shipping lane with several passing areas. On a typical day, three convoys transit the canal, two southbound and one northbound. They travel at around 15km/hr and take 11 to [...]
Entries from July 2008
A Canal, A Change of Underwear and Some Pyramids
July 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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From Santorini To Port Said in Egypt
July 15th, 2008 · 9 Comments
This leg will be a good warm up for us for the big ocean crossings to come later. It throws up a number of new challenges such as range of the skis, use of the support boat, collision avoidance at sea, navigation and weather forecasting. I’ll now discuss each issue. The range of the skis [...]