Stormier Med … Day 2

We woke up this morning to much more noticeable dancing of Insignia on the Med.

The “Report from the Bridge” on the NavChannel showed the waves were still at about 12 feet … they sure looked bigger than that from the veranda.

The wind, however, had definitely increased in strength, going from about 28 knots last night around 10:30p to 47 knots at 7:30a this morning. To put that in perspective … from 32 mph to 54 mph. Describing those numbers in words, the winds went from a near gale on the Beaufort Scale to a strong gale … a gale that was sending a filmy spray from the waves crashing into the hull up to deck 7 at times.

Needless to say, going up to deck 10 forward and lying face down on a massage table in a dark, warm room did not seem like a good idea. So, we canceled our massage appointments … actually rescheduled them to another day.

We’re handling the motion of the ocean well enough. No problem having breakfast at the Terrace Café on deck 10 — inside of course. We opted, however, to “stay low” and had lunch and dinner in the Grand Dining Room on deck 5.

If I heard him correctly, Captain Brajcic, reported at noon that conditions will begin easing. We shall see.

He also reported that we have 280 NM to go to our next stop … Cagliari, Sardinia. I was especially happy to hear this because the “Report from the Bridge” has been messed up since our departure from Funchal. Instead of the distance to Cagliari decreasing, it’s been steadily increasing. At least we now have confirmation that we are indeed headed in the right direction!

[P.S. Wikipedia describes the Beaufort Scale I mentioned above as “… an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.”]Les mer