Rough Seas

Now that we are in the Atlantic, the seas have been rough for the past 24 hours. They postponed a song and dance show last evening due to concern that the ship’s movements might make it dangerous for dancers attempting to perform. The ship pitched so much during that night that in the morning our bowl of fruit, glasses, and other items that had been on tables had been tossed to the floor.

I think it was rougher in the Tasmanian Sea, but it is very close.

We met other passengers who have traveled to Antarctica. They say the seas there are the roughest. This is because there is one latitude where there is no land the whole way around the Earth, so there is nothing to block the winds. People said on that cruise they teach you that the way to walk on the ship is to wait whenever the floor is falling away from you, then start to walk forward only as the floor moves back upwards during the other portion of the rocking cycle.

I may have difficulty getting Kathleen to sign onto an Antarctica cruise for this reason.