Moreover it was time to replace the old Victron 24/12v converter/charger for a new. The old one was showing signs of deterioration (the internal fan constantly running since weeks back) and being a central device for the 12v part of the electric system we needed to replace it before a passage.

Downloaded weather showed Golfo de Leon "spitting out" galewinds and bad weather (which is common) but settled circumstances in our area, and the atlas of currents (donwloaded from the Windyapp) proved the old saying that currents are against you passing west in the Med to be partly true.