Sea Day #3 Atlantic Ocean

March 30, 2025

We set our clocks back for an hour last night so it’s been another 25 hour day. It’s definitely getting warmer which is nice. We were able to sit outside in the afternoon . Tod has pretty much kicked his cold and will do laps tomorrow he says.

Tonight is the big “Formal Ball” in which all the people that like to dress up and ballroom dance are participating. It’s not exactly what these couple of old grundgers would enjoy doing but different strokes for different folks! Besides, they serve the exact same food at the buffet as they do in the dining room where they won’t serve you unless you’re in formal attire. So we enjoyed steak and lobster in our sweats upstairs.

Some of the crew are from Thailand and are worried about their families. What a horrible tragedy. Others are just finishing up Ramadan and they will have a big feast tomorrow to celebrate Eid in the crews mess.

Captain Frank says we’re headed for an “Atlantic Ninõ” which apparently is the “younger brother” of the Pacific El Ninõ of which we are very familiar on our west coast. It comes only once a decade or so, and he found it noteworthy enough to mention it in his noontime announcement today. I guess we’ll see how it affects us but so far it’s smooth sailing!

No sunset tonight!