Gibraltar to Odessa
Friday, 25 May Day 22 Daily Log Voyage # 0307
CAPTAIN'S LOG Eastbound in the Med... It is interesting sailing due East because of the rapid change in Longitude and there for rapid change in time of Sunrise and Sunset as well as the Meridian Passage of the sun (time of zenith at our Longitude). Gibraltar at Longitude 5 degrees West should be keeping 0 time zone but in fact they keep +1 and then Summer time to boot. This makes for a very late sunrise and set and Meridian passage at around 1400 in the afternoon. Odessa keeps +2 and also Summer Time which puts them at +3, so we only have to move the clocks ahead 1 more hour to be on Odessa time. Sunrise and sunset should also be at more reasonable times. 7 Hours different (Ahead of) from the U.S. East Coast will be our maximum difference this year. Talk about a quiet ship last night. There were not even many people eating supper. After the work day ended at 1600, people simply disappeared to their "racks". This is pretty typical of ship operations as port calls are always hectic and the crew is usually happy to leave all the hustle and bustle behind and get back to sea to rest. So it was here last night! Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +2 hours Latitude 36-07.4 N Longitude 004-32.9 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 367.3 Nmiles Time run: 24 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 15.3 Kts Total passage distance: 408.5 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 01 Days 03 Hours 00 Minutes Total Average Speed: 15.1 Kts ETA Dardanelles 29 May at 0500 Local time ETA Odessa 31 May at 0800 Local time (ZT +3 hours) 0500 UTC
Today's Activities
Cruise Company Rotation LINK Daily Routine today
Weather
Wind: W'ly 13 Knots Sea: Small W'ly Swell: Low SW'ly Sky: Sun with a bit of humidity Temperature: 72 Air 60 Sea Synopsis: Rising Barometer


PHOTO's
SEA CLOUD 2 The original Sea Cloud was owned by Marjorie Meriwether Post Hutton Davies and was the largest privately owned sailing ship in the world. The original is still sailing as a luxury passenger yacht. This is a newer, built in 2000, addition to the luxury passenger yacht fleet and the owners are currently building Ocean Cloud. Company Officer and Nurse / Parade rest entering Gibraltar Gibraltans are very Nationalistic as evidenced above. Where's the Plumber going? (Actually there is a phone booth just to the right.) Litter "Bin" Nice Public Clock and modern phones in old fashioned booths. They are what they are.....signs! Famous gun carriage designed for the gun to fire downward. / Monument to the Citizen Volunteers
Notes:
Gibraltar Info: Odessa Info: Split Info: Halifax Info: Rockland/Castine Excursion: Rockland to Castine the day we arrive back at our home berth (30 June) has been designated as a possible "excursion day". The U.S. Coast Guard has granted us a permit to take extra persons on board above our vessels certification. To do this we have to have certain lifesaving procedures and equipment on board. Accordingly the numbers we can take are strictly limited. We, of necessity, have limited our guests to 2 persons per upper class student on cruise (immediate family members only) plus official MMA invitees and crew member guests. We can not offer more because we do not have the lifesaving capability. Also this is always a tentative adventure which, because of weather, security, operational difficulties etc. may be cancelled up to the last moment. The security issue is becoming a big item in how we offer and execute these excursions, so for those who are planning to attend please be patient with the necessary safety and security procedures.
Tally
*Cruise mileages:* Castine to Gibraltar Gibraltar to Odessa Odessa to Split Split to Halifax Halifax to Rockland / Castine TOTAL Cruise Mileage:	3889.5 Nautical Miles 2388 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 1530 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 4460 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 280 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 12,330 Nautical Miles (Estimated)