April 9 – 9:00am ADST
Present Position: At Sea

25°59′14″ N 76°2′21″ W

Above is a photo of the Fort Lauderdale skyline at sunset as we were headed out to sea. Red sky at night sailor’s delight! Hopefully this will continue 🙂

Woke up at 7 this morning & headed to the buffet for an early breakfast. No land in sight in any direction & I was a bit concerned that other passengers might get worried about a limited food supply & start eating to calm themselves. Thankfully most were still asleep, no doubt recovering from yesterday’s hectic pace.

The weather this morning is beautiful & the sea is calm. Last night’s passage was so smooth that when I woke up a few times I could not even tell if we were moving. We are far enough north & east now that the ship’s time has moved ahead 1 hour to Atlantic DST.

I attended a lecture this morning about the history of the Atlantic Ocean & its influence on the world over the centuries. The speaker is from Canada & he will be giving a talk on a different subject each day. He was pretty good so I’ll add these lectures to my routine!

Time to get moving again, it’s only an hour until lunch.

Here’s some travel minutiae for anyone that may be interested in this kind of stuff:

– Ship’s Heading: 074 degrees
– Distance Traveled So Far: 246 Nautical Miles
– Ship’s Speed: 17.6 knots
– Wind Speed: 11 knots
– Apparent Wind Speed: 30 knots
– Sea Depth: 15,500 feet
– Weather: Sunny & 22 degrees C

Cheers!