Since Tom's laptop has gone out of service his only means of communication has been via the HF radio onboard. Tom reports in daily to the SA Maritime Net of which Sam ZS1SAM is one of the controllers. He passes these daily updates on for purposes of the blog.

If you have access to a shortwave radio you can listen to Tom calling in to the SA Maritime Net at 06:30 and 11:30 UTC. The frequency is on 14.316 MHz and the mode is USB.

Sam's report as follows:-

Allora had a good run in the past 24 hrs and their spirits are lifting.

ETA at this stage is, to quote, “ by the end of the week”.

Direct line distance is 530 nm

POSITION:- 25 48 S, 50 07 E
WIND:- SSE 12 Knots
HEADING 070 true @ 4.8 Knots
SWELL:- 1.5m S LONG PERIOD
BAROMETER:- 1017
CLOUD:- 75%