Cagliari to Agadir.

This was a rough sail. The Mediterranean this time of year is wild. Again lots of sick people. On the second day Pia fell backwards in the galley and injured her back, she probably cracked some ribs. She was in sick bay for three days and now two weeks later her back is still terribly sore.
It is rough on absolutely everyone when it is so winds. No one can sleep well and you use a phenomenal amount of energy keeping your balance so everyone gets very tired.

I am on the Mizzen royal taking this picture.

We did have sails up, the ship pitches and rolls less. But our direction was for the Libyan coast. Eventually we had to furl the sails and sail under motor power. A day before the Strait of Gibraltar the wind died down and we stopped for a swim. It is so amazing to jump off the ship and swim in the clear blue deep water - close to 2 km depth. I had goggles on and it was surreal to see the hull of the ship suspended in the water.

That is me swimming in he Mediterranean

The Strait of Gibraltar was not that live with whales and dolphins this time. In fact I do not think we saw a single dolphin, just a few pilot whales.
The Atlantic was windy but now the wind was behind us. We had a specific date to get to Agadir and we were going too fast with just a few sails up. We furled all the sails but we were still moving at 5 to 6 knots - not a single sail up.

It was midterm time in he Atlantic but we had to cancel one day due to strong rolling but we did get them nearly all done before Agadir except for two which the students wrote in port.