Time has flown and I am in Agadir, Morocco, but first the sail to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
It was windy with a good wind and we sailed. BUT look at this - waves were huge and crashed in on the deck. Needless to say the lower deck was out of bounds. The tenders (boats that hang by the aft deck) were in the water at times and one had water come inside - insane.
We reached speeds of 12 knots with just the three lover topsails - not a lot of canvas.
Everyone is getting tougher though so visits to the funnels are fewer.
Two and a half days to get to Cagliari.
Guess who joined us here other than the new professional crew, Pia. Yes, Pia was hired (no pay) as the cooks helper. So we are sailing together to Trinidad and Tobago where we should arrive on Dec. 22.
Here is Pia in the galley.
