The picture of the day is of Moonbeam's signature logo, a quarter moon as displayed on her pretty blue gennaker. The shot was taken through the salon window. This is much more pleasing than the moons we were getting from the"plumber's crack" guys two days ago. Ken says that we have flown the chute more in the past 6 days than in the previous 12 years that he has owned the boat - must be the excellent crew! This post may be a little esoteric for the non sailors, but for the rag baggers this was the plan. After leaving the Canaries we would work our way more south than west until we reached latitude 20, where we anticipated picking up the trade winds which would take us to the islands, mon. As Ken reminded me, man plans and God laughs, but so far, so good. I know, for those of you who track our daiily position reports, our progress seems improbably slow, like watching grass grow or paint dry. However, yesterday morning we finally able to make the turn west and are now o n a rhumb line for our next port of call, Virgin Gorda, BVI a mere 2149 nm distant. Siince making the westward turn, we have been flying the gennaker and averaging close to 7 kts., which the crew is enjoying immensely. Unlike the positioin reports, it seems like we are flying. I don't know if I want to talk about the fish anymore. Our day started with "the one that got away". It is now fish 11 and Moonbeam 1. I hope none of the guys from the Marco Sportfishing Club are reading the blog. They may rescind my membership.