Our Current Position:

13 09N
48 41E
5.5 knots & course 252T

Moving slowly along the IRTC - about 220 miles to the end before we veer off towards Djibouti - still expecting arrival early hours on Friday - trying to time our arrival at daybreak. All is well on board. It's always a good day when we DON'T get a report from MARLO or a call from UKMTO!

Warship activity last night included contact with Indian, Greek/European & US Warships. Also have aircraft in area checking in via Ch 16. At one point Indian Warship identified 2 suspicious vessels at our exact coordinates...glad they did not take a shoot first ask questions later approach, and glad they are out here. The Greek warship appears to be staying on our course from the center lane of the IRTC. Wind picked up slightly and we actually turned the engine off for the first time since leaving Muscat - it lasted a whole 1/2 hour....

I understand the confirming reports of the hijacking of the Danish S/V 'ING' are in the news. We haven't heard further details, and we are keeping the family of 5 with crew in our thoughts & prayers.

La Palapa has been updating their blog entries along the way with up to date info on our convoy and can be found at:

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sailpalapa/

Unfortunately I have no editorial say in the content of the palapa blog & as such, any insinuation that the crew Imagine 'cheated' at our game of VHF Battleship last night are patently false. We used a superior naval strategy learned from years of play with Caroline, Grant & Noah to soundly defeat Karli & Roger on the high seas. Certainly round two will be forthcoming.

All for now from the Crew Imagine
Marc, Mike & Kieran