Atlantic Crossing: Day 1

This is the extra day added to what should have been a 7-day crossing.

If not for the storms, and the port-pilot strike, today we would have been in Funchal in Portugal’s Madeira Islands and starting the crossing late tonight.

We’ve been gently rockin’ and rollin’ our way to the USA. A partly to mostly cloudy day. Captain Rens gave the day’s high temp as 70F. But it sure felt much warmer than that when the sun was on the veranda.

In addition to mentioning the temperature and the usual nautical navigation stats in his noon announcement, Captain Rens gave us an update on the low pressure systems that have played havoc with our published itinerary. We are way ahead of the storms around Portugal/Spain. And the one chasing us down to the Canaries is now to our starboard. However, we are slowly pulling away from it. By tomorrow it should be well to our stern and remain there for the rest of the crossing.

As of noon, distance covered since departing Tenerife: 276 NM
As of noon, distance remaining to Ft Lauderdale: 3,176 NMRead more