We have made 800 miles in 5 1/2 days. Not a blistering pace, but respectable. After cutting over the Puerto Rican Trench, at nearly 30,000 feet some of the Earth’s deepest water, we are now approaching Anagada, the Northeastern most of the British Virgin Islands. Once we enter the Anagada Passage, we will officially leave the North Atlantic Ocean, and enter the Caribbean Sea.
Our winds continue to be almost bizarrely favorable. The only possible complaint is right at the moment we could use a bit more, but a little motoring in calm seas is vastly better than the hard-core closehauled beat this route would normally require.
It has been an uneventful trip so far in waters relatively empty of shipping. The highlight was Karen’s spotting of a distant splash, which quickly turned into a humpback whale jumping repeatedly out of the water. These waters are the winter calfing and breeding grounds for these huge creatures, so not too surprising to see them.
Martinique is about 330 miles as the seagull flies, we expect to be pulling in there in two days
fetchinketch 
Hi Bill,
Love your posts, what an inspiring journey! This also inspired us to add
a new capability to Saillogger. You can now set a destination. There is
a new icon on the monitoring page that is indicated by a checkered flag,
seen here at the bottom.
Clicking on it will allow you to set a destination by clicking on a
point on the map. Once it is set, it will start showing the destination
on the map, on your summary and will also tell the distance to that
destination (as you put it, as the seagull flies!).
Let me know what you think!
Ilker
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Great job in picking a good weather window for moving East. I actually don’t recall seeing one that lasted for this long.
Best,
James
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Great when strange weather works in your favor. We sailed a near reciprocal route six weeks ago. Although we departed far West from Le Marin, in Red Hook, and landed just S of Eleuthera at Cat Island. Broad reaching all the way. May your winds stay aft! Be sure and enjoy lunch at Elite Kebab. Great owners and great food!
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