+------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+------+ | Total | | | | |distances|Distances| Time | Fair | | port to | sailed |under way| winds | Calms | port | | | | +------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+------+ | miles | miles |days hrs.| days hrs.| hours Portsmouth to Naples | 2,200 | 2,303 | 10 4 | 9 0 | 11 Naples to Brindisi (calling } | | | | at Messina, Taormina, Zante,} 820 | 841 | 5 0 | 4 0 | 16 and Patras) } | | | | Brindisi to Palermo | 400 | 638 | 5 6 | 0 7 | 13 Palermo to Cagliari | 224 | 353 | 3 19 | -- | 11 Cagliari to Gibraltar | 730 | 1,188 | 10 5 | 2 2 | 37 Gibraltar to Portsmouth | 1,175 | 1,457 | 9 16 | 6 0 | 8 +------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+------+ Total | 5,549 | 6,780 | 44 2 | 21 9 | 96 +------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+------+ In the course of the voyage numerous gales of wind were experienced, viz.: on February 12, a severe mistral, on the passage from Minorca towards Naples; March 28, heavy gale from westward off Stromboli; April 9 and 10, gale from S.W. at the mouth of the Adriatic; April 17, gale from S., off south coast of Sardinia; April 29 and 30, gale from W., off Almeria. On the days of light winds and calms, balloon topmast staysails, a jib-topsail, and an extra large lower studsail, were found most valuable in maintaining the rate of sailing. In ordinary cruising I find that, as a general rule, one-third of the distance is covered under steam, and that upon the average we make passages at the rate of 1,000 miles a week. The consumption of coal is very moderate. For a voyage round the world, of 36,000 miles, the coal consumed was only 325 tons. [Illustration: 'Sunbeam,' R.Y.S. Designed by St. Clare Byrne, 1874.]