Day Ninety - April 5 Before I write about today I thought I would provide a brief note on the weather situation yesterday, April 4. Again the upper deck was closed due to severe weather conditions and strong winds. The high temperature was 12.5C or 54.5F, wind speed 34.2 knots (39.4 miles/hour), apparent wind speed strong gale 45 knots (51.8 miles/hour) and large waves of 11.5 feet or 3.5 meters. All the pool deck furniture had been removed and pushed to a corn...

Day Eighty Eight - April 3 Today is the second of three consecutive sea days as our itinerary has been changed yet again. "Due to adverse and severe weather conditions that will result in unsafe sailing conditions, we have made the prudent decision to bypass the ports of Gibraltar and Melilla." We were informed of this by the General Manager of Insignia on the evening of April 1. With the exception of our stop in Funchal we will have had ten sea days in eleven...