It’s good to be back at sea again. Callisto is currently 40 miles south of Crete motoring along at a steady 12 knots towards Port Said, the harbour which marks the northern entrance to the Suez Canal. We left Antibes four days ago after waiting 48 hours for a weather window to open south of Sicily. It’s been a very good passage so far, only 24 hours of slightly bumpy weather yesterday interrupting the excellent conditions. It’s getting warmer and brighter with every watch which is quite a relief as France was starting to get a little too chilly for my meagre, mainly summer wardrobe to cope with. I joined Callisto about six weeks ago in Marseilles’ Nautech shipyard, adjacent to the ferry terminal which in years past was the gateway to France for countless shiploads
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