Daily Log for the Minnow

Saturday, December 03, 2005
late night, 16°34N 044°02W

We finally have some wind! We managed to drop to 53rd place from about 23rd or 30th because we turned right too soon. The wind
prediction had changed in our favor, but they were just tricking us. We spent about 36 hours in really weak wind. It was due to
tropical storm Epsilon, which apparently was a hurricane for a little while. It made wind going to the east, north of us, and the
trade winds were trying to go west, south of us, We were caught in the messy air in between. But now we're moving!

Now we shoud have a tailwind into St. Lucia for the next few days -- long enough to get there. The wind is now 13-14 knots from the
ENE. We're going 7.8 knots towards St. Lucia. Less than 1000 miles to go. I think one boat has already arrived, a 97-foot one.

A few minutes ago I went out side to look at the world. The world looked back. The milky way was out in force, and a long, shooting
star went slowly across the sky. It was like a movie. Actually, the shooting start must have been going pretty fast, but it looked
slow. There's probably a pot of gold where it landed.

We caught a couple of fish today, a dolphin (the fish, not the porpoise) and something else like a tarpon or barracuda. We cleaned
and ate the dolphin.

Mike replaced our salt water pump with a new pressure pump and reservoir. The other pump was dead. The new pump worked fine. But I
just now noticed a red light on the breaker panel next to the lable "Sea Water Pump." Maybe something isn't quite right.

We've been running the air conditioner the past couple of days. Mike and I have been playing "In the Mood" in beautiful 2-part
sousaphonian harmony. Beauty is in the ear of the bee holder. David, Serge, and Jim are about ready to jump ship.

In less than 12 hours, we'll have been on this voyage for 2 weeks. It's still fun!