Day 7 - Half way point!

Date: June 10, 2007
Location: s/v Liberty
Position: 31 32.18 N 051 07.18 W

Just before taking our noon position we realized that we'd crossed the 1/2 way point of our trip. So far we're right on schedule. Trip so far 890.8 nm, today 155 nm. If everything continues to go as well as it has been, we'll be making landfall at Flores, the Westernmost island of the Azores, in another week or so.

We are continuing to get good winds and are covering about 150 miles per day. We could push it a bit harder if we wanted to but there's no need for us all to be unconfortable just for the sake of an extra day or so. Still getting the occasional squall but have not seen any other boats for 2 or 3 days. We were in radio contact with a boat that is in our general area, although we haven't seen them. They said they had seen a couple of whales swimming right next to their boat. We are now in whale sighting mode. Nothing to report yet though.

This extra rocking and rolling is causing a little queesiness for Mark & Julie but nothing too bad yet!! We haven't lost out appetites, although that may not be such a bad thing!!

Mark & Julies/v Rachel