 But Ataíde had difficulties with his heavy-laden, less-maneouverable ship and got separated from the other two around Cape Correntes.He hurried to the usual watering hole, "Aguada de São Brás" (Mossel Bay) hoping to find them there, but to no avail.At São Brás, Ataíde wrote a letter relating the state of affairs in India, and warning future Portuguese captains to avoid Calicut, which was now hostile.