We will be departing Sri Lanka sometime this afternoon, Monday the 24th. The weather between here and the tip of India is not ideal but apparently normal for this time of year. It is likely that once we are out of the protected harbor we will go more northerly than the direct route and stay close to the Sri Lankan coast gradually turning to the NW to avoid the biggest of the waves. The tip of India and protection from the NE wind is roughly 200 NM away so it will take a day and a half to reach. Once we pass that mark wind and seas will be greatly diminished.

We should reach Cochin sometime Thursday the 27th.