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.