Well, the Red Sea & i aren't going to be friends, for sure! Dave, the sailor (sailboat =wind) windsurfer/kiteboarder is ok with it. These constant HUGE hot stifle-ing winds aren't for me. EVER So far, we've had south winds from 25 to 50 knots, from the stern. Luckily we aren't beating into north winds... When we go to turn towards shore to anchor, sometimes as much as an hour, we have that off shore furnace blast of sandy wind pelting us & our boat. When we arrived here this afternoon after a 3 hr sail there were 6 boats here, 2 that had just left, & the other 4 pulling up anchor. I watched this single hander guy run forward & grind up his anchor, then when the wind would blow him back he'd race back to the cockpit & motor back up on it. By the time he ran forward again the anchor would be pulled tight & he'd have to run back to the cockpit & start over again. These wind bullets of 35-50 knots kept him at it for a half hour. Poor guy. We had to take our sail down & motor into it with both engines. Dave can't let the boat go backwards to fast during anchoring because it puts such a hard strain on the gear that it's a whole nother ball game. Got the wind generator working again & that poor thing gets whipped up so high that it shuts down at 50knots. It's hard to tell who'se going to blow first ~ me or it, as it revs my heart right up with every gust. The folks that live here must be really tough. They have my admiration. wow Dave has a totally different perspective. Tonight we have to leave at 2am in order to get to the next anchorage before dark tomorrow night... the trouble is ~ they are talking about the wind changing direction from the north. yikes I've been plotting getting picked up by a helicopter & getting dropped off on an aircraft carrier. Maybe getting towed behind a freighter. Kenmore AirHarbor in Seattle won't come & pick me up.... i can't think of one person who would trade places with me, some other wind junkie!! Something, anything!