Ship’s Position at 11:00am ADST

28°20′45″ N 66°23′52″ W

The ship is making good progress but there was tension building in the air yesterday afternoon!

I encountered several golfers who were quite stressed that they could not get the broadcast of the last round of The Masters on their stateroom TV or on any TVs in the bars on board. However, the 2 ESPN channels we get were thoughtfully broadcasting reruns of NASCAR races & a college hockey championship game.

Thankfully, just when we thought all was lost, the final round of Masters broadcast preempted the auto races & all was forgiven (at least by the golf fans).

I have to confess that I watched a fair bit of the final round myself & was glued to the set until the final putt was sunk. ⛳️

Last night after dinner they were showing the movie “Passengers” at the outdoor theater so I went early, got a good recliner with a blanket & bundled up & was ready for the show.

Unfortunately, there was something wrong with the sound system so they ended up showing a silent movie with closed captioning. Bummer! I hope that the guy who couldn’t fix the sound system is not also in charge of maintaining the ship’s navigation system!

Thoroughly disappointed I headed to the late night buffet to console myself.

When I woke this morning the seas were noticeably rougher. There are whitecaps on the water as far as you can see & you need to chose your steps carefully to maintain your balance.

The swells on the water appear to be between 6-8 feet. The ship is moving at 20 knots & into a 20 knot headwind so it really takes an effort to walk forward on the promenade deck. Even so, it’s reasonably comfortable once you are out of the wind. I would not want to be out in this on my little boat!

The ship’s log says we have travelled over 750 nautical miles so far. I guess it’s too late to change my mind about the crossing 🙂

Cheers!