DECEMBER 5th of 2009 - 7th day at sea

The ocean seems to be rewarding us for surviving the first 4 days of punishment.
Today the waves are about 1mt high but they ride at almost the same speed as the sailboat making us feel that we are standing still on top of them.
The temperature is already 26 degrees and we took another bath with salt water using a 1 gallon plastic jar to haul the water from the back of the boat. A process that takes 3 or 4 jars full per person.

But the show today was reeling in a 15 lb. "Dorado". The process took over 20 minutes and everybody's attention. We have it on video and photos.

I have drawn a Route in the GPS with 7 waypoints to mark our possible passage optimizing the distance-wind relationship. Feels better to look at the GPS screen showing a red line from where we are to destination. Without it, its just a lot of blue water between the two continents.
We are moving at an average of 6 knots so should be arriving at Martinique the 18th of December noon.