April 24, 2009 - 105.2 miles - At Sea

It was shortly after midnight that the wind died. I tried taking every little advantage out of the remaining breeze but it was futile. Down came the sails around 1AM.

We motored all day today with a plan to pull into Walker Cay, Bahamas on Saturday morning. The day was perfect weather with barely a cloud to be seen. This is really the first nice day that we could enjoy some sun. The temperatures are now in the mid to upper 70's I suspect.

I had it in my head after sailing north last year that the Atlantic was a greener color. As it turns out, it’s the same deep dark blue as the Caribbean. It was the Gulf Stream that we saw the unusual color last year.

I spotted something long and white off to the east of us as we motored south. I decided that we had to check it out just in case it was something in distress. It turned out to be an overturned vessel drifting exactly 90 miles north of the most northerly Bahama island. The vessel is about 25-feet long, very new, with two large outboard engines. We circled but there was no life around the boat. I began frequent VHF calls to report the vessels location. We are way too far out to reach the islands but I thought someone might be out there to relay.

The breeze kicked in around 4PM. We raised the sails for the final stretch to the Bahama island of Walkers Cay. What a beautifl evening, except for the concern over what happened with the 25-foot boat.