Let's Have Breakfast and Think About It

Midwatch  1-21-14 9:15 AM EST

Finn caught a big Mahi yesterday. Now its Anna's turn but we need to do some serious eating first as our refrigeration has become less effective in this heat. 

We dodged a big squall yesterday afternoon and furled Big Blue just in case. We were unable to gather enough courage to set her again last night. The winds did increase into the low 20's for a lot of the night so our average speed was acceptable but the roll of the boat was not so nice. 

We gathered on deck at sunrise to reset Big Blue only to look off our quarter at a large squall that looked ominously close. We decided to eat breakfast and do our emails and then re-evaluate.

 

Martinique 520 nm as the seagull flies

Anyway the last push is on. Our current goal is to reach port sometime Saturday morning, get through our paperwork and formalities and get Mark safely on his plane on Sunday. I think we are all curious how it will play out. We originally thought we had plenty of extra days but this has been a bit of a slow passage. Fantastic really but slow. 

Well breakfast is ready! 

Bob, Kim, Anna, Finn and Mark 

Current Position: 

11:39 UTC 

14 Degrees 23.979 N 

52 Degrees 43.419 W 

Course trying for 270 D True 

Currently Genoa poled out and hope to have Big Blue up alongside ASAP Sunny and warm (82 Degrees in cabin) Scattered squalls Winds about 15-17 kts out of the East