The Mediterranean Sea is known to have very fickle winds. Think about all the old tales of shipwrecks and storms at sea; think of The Odyssey! Well, those tales are true.
In the summer, the Mediterranean is plagued by no wind, while in the winter it is plagued by gales! These gales are not called storms because a storm is strong and unusual wind that is blowing; these are just “the winds”.
We leave our anchorage in Gibraltar and make our way through the Strait of Gibraltar and officially into the Mediterranean Sea. The winds were forecasted to be following us and a bit strong, but nothing we haven’t seen out in the Middle of the Atlantic (or off Cape Hatteras). The winds started out as expected, but then the winds continued to build further and further until they were way beyond our comfort zone!
