I've hit day 1100 in my game and since 1050 or so, weather when I sail is always "stormy". Every 4-5 seconds or so I'll get a message "weather has changed to stormy". It doesn't matter where I am or what time of day. It's costing me thousands and thousands in damaged ships.
I thought maybe it was due to not having enough men to crew the boats but even with 300 men for 4 ships (3 cogs and a trireme) It's still happening. Sailing master skill is 4 and navigation is 7. Any advice? It's never happened before even though I've had 4 ships for many hundreds of days prior. Thanks in advance
So I think I solved this - it's now been a week or two and I haven't seen any stormy weather when sailing. Ships are the same and troop numbers roughly similar (perhaps even slightly lower). It seems I may have just been really REALLY unlucky with the weather.