Salsa arrives safely and in good shape in Richards Bay South Africa!  Came in on Dec 12th 8am more tired than usual after contending with extremely variable winds and plenty of shipping and fishing traffic (rarely if ever did I sleep more than 30 minutes at a time and if I got 3 or 4 hours a day I was lucky).  Honestly the sailing in the Indian Ocean is about the worst I’ve ever seen.  But I wont go into the details now as I need to get some sleep, last night when I should have been catching up on rest I was busy catching up with old friends and new friends at the bar till 3am, So I think I did well just to get out of bed today to get this update out!  Should have good internet access soon and will post some new and old updates soon, I see I have accumulated several emails over the month since I left Madagascar and I’ll get back to everyone with replies ASAP, but for now, I think I’m going to go sleep for 24 hours, if immigration ever shows up to check me in! -Kirk

Quick Salsa update from Mozambique, near a little island called Bazaruto!  It has been slower going heading South West from Madagascar with mostly headwinds and light winds, however we (a group of 4 boats) have crossed the Mozambique channel and are holed up in a nice anchorage waiting for a weather window to sail south.  Might be leaving as soon as tomorrow but the weather window is only for a few days so we won’t get anywhere near Richards Bay for at least a few weeks, ETA could be anytime between Mid to late December, really not sure!  Can’t really write much as a local resort on the island was good enough to allow me to check weather and send a quick email I cant stay on long so just want to let everyone know I’m ok!