 The first month in the Atlantic, the seas were not severe, but by the second month the ship was being hit by strong north-Atlantic winter gales causing the ship to be badly shaken with water leaks from structural damage.There were two deaths, but this was just a precursor of what happened after their Cape Cod arrival, when almost half the company would die in the first winter.On November 9/19, 1620, after about 3 months at sea, including a month of delays in England, they spotted land, which was Cape Cod.