Spain

By Peter Trogdon: A Voyage at Sea M/V Starr: Le Rochelle, France to Palma, Spain As I woke to the familiar rolling motion and the drone of the large diesel engine I could sense it was already daylight. I had no idea what day of the week it was, but from the sun's two warm glowing spots on my cabin wall I knew our direction. I knew, while I was sleeping, we had made "the turn"...

La Rochelle 1 May 2004 (All times listed: Greenwich Mean Time) As I am writing this, I am sitting in the Pilothouse traveling NE from Gibraltar to Ibiza in the Islas Baleares. It is 0700, sunny, with light winds out of the NW and calm seas. Each day it becomes warmer as Spring becomes more pronounced and as we proceed further into the Mediterranean Sea. Today is the first day that I have had the...