A Cyclone in Mozambique and Sailboat Brick House Sailed towards it??

A cyclone in Mozambique and Sailboat Brick House sailed right towards it?

Brick House Departed Tanzania in mid March when we saw a weather forecast on Predictwind, of Tropical Cyclone Idai. We departed to sail down the Mozambique Channel, nearly 1700 miles.  Why would we do this? Then Cyclone Kenneth hit…

Find out where, when, WHY and how, in this video…

The Mozambique cyclone hit Beira, just 100 miles north of where we anchored, in Bazaruto, just days before. We sailed through the remnants of the cyclone in up to 50 knots. Once we arrived safely…another cyclone, Cyclone Kenneth wipped up over Mayotte, Comoros, and then hit Tanzania and Mozambique. Lucky for us, we dodged all the cyclones, but not the remnants of these storms at sea!

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Mozambique Cyclone Idai – Sailing towards a storm In March (a little earlier than planned-still in cyclone season!)

Mozambique Cyclone Idai – Sailing towards a storm, a little earlier than planned, during cyclone season…

Late April, May and June is the right time to sail this coast….We left mid March because of an extraordinary weather window which would carry us the first 1000 miles downwind, instead of upwind…

Was it 100% safe? NO.

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What do most people do when they see a cyclone on the Predictwind forecast with their Iridium GO or other ways of getting weather at sea? They stay safely in port, right? We saw an opportunity to go south with the north winds that would be north of the cyclone in the the Southern Hemisphere near Tanzania and Mozambique. It promised, if we played it just right, to carry us at least 1000 miles south with nice north winds!

So we grabbed our last veggies and eggs for 3 weeks, and set sail to South Africa, chasing Cyclone Idai down  down the coast of Mozambique. We wanted to be close enough for the winds, but not too close!!! We later found out that this cyclone was the worst cyclone to ever hit Mozambique, killing thousands of people and demolishing even more homes. It’s a good thing we played it just right!

Even with that, we did get the remnants of it when we got a little too close…and we were socked with 50 knot winds for a bit, complete with driving rain and lots of thunder and lightening. Seas mounted fast. Luckily it was short lived.

Too bad it was too rough and most off all too dark, to film during the very worst of it, or I know Patrick would have been up filming it!

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We studied the two following books/guides (click on either to see more detail), and utilized our Professional Subscription at Predictwind  to help make these very important and intricate decisions about our trip south. Des Cason, a local Weather and anchorage guru and long time cruiser in this area also provided daily updates and advice as we moved south.

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