Author: Toby

We awoke this morning to another glorious sunrise. We went to sleep to a glorious Sunset. Ed shot some Sights (stars) in the evening and attempted Sun in the morning. Ed Made Coffee. Bob had Oatmeal. Toby made sandwiches for lunch. Toby made a seafood stir fry for dinner (think out of a bag... but he did add some shrimp and Veggies from Tortola). Norm did the SSB call at 6:30... Toby chirped in with Seth's weather information). Ed plotted our course and did a log entry. Toby entered a log entry 15 minutes after Ed's. Norm slept through dinner (on the prescribed crew schedule). Toby put a dinner for Norm in the microwave for when he would awake. Norm passed on the dinner and ate a Snickers Bar (Lee, I forced it on him).

We motored along for the second day at 6.3 knots toward the same Rhum Line (Bob says it's the same as Lake Ontario). We had Porpoise join us for a show. We pass from the Head, to the cockpit, to the Lee Cloths. We all seem to be enjoying ourselves. MEN, what can you make of them!

This morning I called New Bedford customs. There is a new program call: Small Vessel Reporting System (SVRS). In Bermuda, the night before I left, I filed a Float Plan, and passenger manifest. When I reached Officer McQuade and reported our position... HALF WAY... he got excited, saying "this is our first one"! He had someone with him so asked me to call back later and speak to himself, or Supervisor Enos. I called back in two hours and they had all done the research. But, my SVRS number did not show an "Activated" Float Plan. She was very helpful, suggested I have it done from home. I have asked Seth to rescue us, as he is used to dealing with these computer related inputs better then I, or Joanne. We will see???

While the winds are light, being more than halfway is a great thing. We anticipate the Gulf Stream and I've heard us recalculate how long it will be before we enter from each crew member. We discuss the front coming through on Wednesday, and seem to believe we "can get in before it". If not, should we duck in somewhere, or just take the southern winds expected, north to Osterville. We discuss which side of Martha's Vineyard to enter Nantucket Sound on, we talk about which conditions to enter the Osterville cut on. Men, what can you make of them. A lot like Ground Hogs. Up every spring to check things out and just do what we want.