Day Two

We knew that we would spend most of Day One motor-sailing to find wind. We only logged about five hours sailing without the motor, and that did not start until 11 pm. After searching for air a good portion of today, we both felt despair and considered coming back. We cannot motor across the Atlantic, and we cannot sit out there waiting for a hurricane. All the forecasts still insisted we were having favorable winds at our location, but we could not even find a contrary wind. The wind was holding her breath on us in the middle of the Gulf Stream. It is a lumpy windless ride in the GS, but even worse in its eddies, something I referred to as a washing machine or cabbage patch. Myron made the best of it though and caught a fine specimen of Mahi Mahi, enough to fill about a grocery bag with fillets. Such a beautiful fish, tasty too!
We finally got our southerly winds, and thank you for your prayers. They are light, so we are making the best of it. Genoa rolled out, main up full and the mizzen up as well. With a little help from the GS, we are making eight knots, and not toward the U.S.!

{GMST}32|19.624|N|077|50.025|W|ALL is WELL|Sailing{GEND}