Captain Scott ~ Friday, October 19th, 2007

Warship Augsburg came along side at sunset. We are beating east ward in and out of rain squalls--the first rain we have seen since May. Now we are Just past the "Horn of Africa" which is its most eastern point of Africa. Hense Africa and Somilia are behind us. We still have to get around Socotra Island which is ahead. By tomorrow night we should be free of the Gulf of Aden and be able to set a course to the Maldives. The German warship circled us and came within 25 yds with all her crew on deck. Great photo op as we were doing 8kts to windward with rail down and old glory streaming.