Tuesday was spent picking up where Elaine had left off in reviewing yacht insurance policies providing coverage for a Red Sea passage, while Roy cleaned Paw Paw’s bottom again, then downloaded satellite images of the Red Sea and updated our charts on the Chartplotter.
Yesterday we discussed the possible options and our best strategy for our fuel management, our water management, should we encounter problems with our watermaker en route, and our propane management, the latter prompting Roy to get our empty propane tanks filled. His final tasks of the day was to finalise our passage weather subscription and to import tracks from other yachts to overlay these onto the satellite images in Ovital, while Elaine returned to our passage menu and provisioning requirements, which carried over to today before it was finally completed.
Roy also spent most of this morning loading up all the likely anchorages and tracks of previous yachts through the Red Sea onto our Chartplotter.
We have, however, taken breaks from all this mayhem to take lovely long walks on the Panwa Bali and Ao Yon beaches under fabulous sunny skies, squeeze in afternoon naps, enjoy the stunning sunsets and clear starry nights, as well as chats to the family in Ireland. It’s been wonderful to lie in bed and drift off to sleep with a cool breeze blowing through the hatches and stars hanging overhead.
