Our friend, John, was still on Seahike with us. Yay! His next adventure with us was to participate in a 3.5 day passage. He was a great sport, staying up with Michael for three hours on his watch (until 11:00 p.m.), then joining me at 5:00 a.m. for the last three hours of my watch.

But before we left, it was time for breakfast with Moroccan tea. Then some pictures of the very colorful businesses by the marina.

And, we’re off! Ta ta, Morocco! (Again, we waited for high tide.)

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We sailed overnight from Tangier to Rabat. We had to time our arrival with high tide, as the entrance to the bay isn’t navigable at low tide. We arrived a couple of hours early so we drifted until the time was right.

We stayed in a marina in Rabat because we planned to take the train to Marrakech from Rabat.

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