The Journey
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Wed 21 Jan 2026 18:21
185 miles in past 24 hours.
The journey, it's all about the journey so they say and so it should be. Don't be tempted to count down the miles, we will arrive whenever, in due course.
But first, yet another vessel has changed course to avoid us. It's just amazing. On past crossings we've hardly seen a vessel never mind one that has the potential to hit us. It's all good though, the container vessel altered course and passed us about half a mile distance doing 20 knots.
So 'the journey', is fascinating. The wide open view of the sea and the sky. Millions of stars all set out for our enjoyment, although we have mainly seen cloud on this trip. Today has been grey. Grey sky, grey sea with a procession of rain squalls this morning. It looked like the English Channel on a bad day except the waves are bigger and the sea is 27 degrees. We had our first tropical torrential rain but without the blue sky before and after. Last night and this morning were wild ones. Strong wind and large waves. Force 6, gusting force 7 with at least one gust of 40 knots.(that's gale force). I can spend hours watching the waves as they come in all shapes and sizes. Round ones, steep pointy ones, many with white tops and then those which try to get on board. Allegria has fought them off bravely. Of course if you are not fascinated this is not the place for you.
Everyone on board is enjoying the journey which, 'sadly' will soon be over, just 625 miles to go. There's a little word 'just'. Just anticipating the end, counting down, I should be ashamed. Peter