Thursday 30 October 2014

Top 10 Reasons for leaving the Med for other Cruising grounds



  1.  You are tired of the frequent storms, especially in the straights of Gibraltar, Messina and Bonefacio. However, storms can strike at any moment, and sometimes the storm does not even have the grace to drop the barometic pressure. People say the Northsea is infamous for storms, but at least you sea them coming in the North Sea, unlike the Med, where storms can be missed in a 3-day weather forecast. Also, in the North sea, most storms are reserved for the winter season.
  2. You are pulling your hairs out, every time your deck is covered in dust after it rains for 5 microseconds.
  3. You do not like being becalmed. When there are no storms, winds in the med are often very light.
  4. You are looking forward to the challenge of the Atlantic crossing
  5. You would like catch your own lunch. The Med is fished quite empty, and I haven't met any cruiser that caught anything of significance here.
  6. You would like to get away from all the superyachts. Ok, they frequent the Carib, but often do not have the range to do the Pacific.
  7. You want to get away from the Marinas
  8. You have taken in all possible culture that you could retain
  9. Your are tired of once again finding yourself in a bay with loud clubbing in progress
  10. You are struggling to find any uninhabited islands.



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