Breakfast, Wednesday 4.12.2006

Breakfast this morning was four minute soft boiled eggs with strips of prosciutto over and Salsa on the side, with cranberry juice and lots of French Roast coffee.

Location: 26° 16 N, 61° 15 W
Wednesday 12:00, 04.12.2006

Schooner Maggie B’s noon position on 12 April was 26° 16 N, 61° 15 W. Winds have been variable from the east from 5 to 20 knots. We have been getting occasional trade winds rain showers with wind before and calm afterward. Nice fresh water washdowns.

Yesterday we had a pod of 30 Striped Dolphin playing around our bow. The Latin name is Stenella CoeruleoAlbus. Cerulean and white. They have lovely racing stripes on their flanks. One neat trademark is a third of the pod will jump perfectly together at a time.

Today we saw our first Yellow Billed Tropic Bird, which seemed interested in our fishing lure. Not the sort of catch we had in mind.

The big excitement was seeing a whale (migrating Humpback?) doing a series of acrobatics to celebrate the arrival of a big rain shower. Lots of tail slaps and a few breaches.

We are 522 miles to Antigua, and about 1000 miles west of Miami.

All is well.