Learned something entirely new today. Who knew that sailing the North Atlantic virtually could make you sea-sick (real)
I always thought you had to have the hot sun beating down and the salt spray (...which I have experienced in both Florida and the Bahamas...and got...well..sea-sick...) before you would get that green gills feeling. Not so.
The calm sailing boat here wasn't bad
https://youtu.be/o0vuHHdfahQ
but by the time I checked out some of the North Atlantic Waves...
https://youtu.be/fmmypW0BL-E
that the area is noted for...yeah
Green Gills
The North Atlantic is fairly treacherous, and there have been 5,000 major shipwrecks in this ocean since they first began recording shipwrecks. One of the more famous being that of the RMS Titanic. Winter storms on these waters are legendary.
The water is a deep dark grey giving way to a steel blue on sunnier days. On grey days like this one it is lead colored dotted with whitecaps and ominous. We should have at least briefly sunny skies tomorrow. It will be a relief after 7 days of non-stop rain and storms.
Before the Europeans sailed these waters everything outside of the Gibralter Strait was simply referred to as The Ocean...one huge body of water. We now know that there are the originally known 7 Seas...and 5 Distinct Parts to what we refer to as The Ocean.
Dinner is simpler fare tonight. There will be plenty of time for Greek EVERYTHING once we reach The Islands.
Tomorrow...the Strait of Gibralter.
Till then!
