Sea Day

Just another sea day. Nothing out of the usual so it is lesson time.

Anywhere on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the equator, is the north Atlantic. However, there are three main routes across this ocean.

The northern route is from northern Europe or Great Britain to New York or north. That’s the route that is considered the roughest and most dangerous. That is the route the Titanic took and most of the sea traffic to and from Europe before the advent of the jet plane.

What is called the middle route or Mid Atlantic route is from southern Europe or Madeira to about the latitude of Bermuda. This route is considered less likely to have very rough seas and almost never an iceberg. That is the route we are now taking. So far it has been totally calm since we left Madeira. From the mainland to Madeira, it had been quite rough.


Last is the Southern route. That one takes you to a latitude past the Canaries Islands and over to Barbados. That’s the one we will take back should we take the world cruise again next year. It is supposed to be the smoothest.

Another day, another fact.

Factual Sherm Out