Prince of the Red Sea Company

40 Gobar El Kaed St. - Port Tawfik - SUEZ 

email: princeoftheredsea@gega.net 

PORT SAID HEAD OFFICE :-Palace Tower 1, Palestine & AL-Salam St,
2nd Floor No. 5
Port Said, Egypt.
TEL : + 20 66 333132 / 248283
FAX : + 20 66 333510 / 402443 / 347875
GSM : + 20 12 211 93 65
Email : flx@intouch.com / felix@felix-eg.com
PORT SUEZ BRANCH OFFICE :-Port Tawfiek – Port Said St., Beside Green House Hotel, Suez, Egypt.
TEL : + 20 62 341546
FAX : + 20 62 229675
G.S.M : + 20 10 529148

Felix Costs as at 2001

Today's pilot, Mohammed, has warmly sparkling eyes. I examine his eyes and expression closely, and his body language, to see any sign of perfidy.  I should have done this on the last leg.  I cannot see anything but real goodwill, and this turns out to be true.   He is a delight to have on board, and assists not only us, but the other boats as well, to tie up at the pretty difficult Port Fuoad Yacht Club in Port Said

After completing a few projects, doing some shopping and a quick trip to the local go kart track, we headed for the Suez Canal with some trepidation. We'd already learned to deal with small amounts of baksheesh (bribes/tips/presents) in our daily lives in Egypt but we had heard from fellow cruisers that the canal transit could be rife with baksheesh and other attempts to extract large amounts of money from the cruisers

So far so good - we had managed to anchor off Suez Yacht Club in 40-plus knots, and our agent Prince of the Red Sea seemed to have everything in hand

For a yacht coming north, transit is arranged at Port Suez by an agent, through whom fees are paid based on a formula that determines your Suez Canal Tonnage after an official measurer comes aboard

Reports dating 2001-2002,

The canal is 163 km long, and has a minimum width of 60 metres. The canal cuts through three lakes, Manzala, Timsah in the middle, and the Bitter Lakes further south.

The idea of a canal linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea dates back to ancient times. Unlike the modern Canal, earlier ones linked the Red Sea to the Nile, therefore forcing the ships to sail along the River on their journey from Europe to India

The canal is somewhat more than 100 mi (160 km) long. Proceeding S from Port Said, it runs in an almost undeviating straight line to Lake Timsah. From there a cutting leads to the Bitter Lakes (now one body of water), and a final cutting then reaches the Gulf of Suez. The canal has no locks and can accommodate all but the largest ships.