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Atlantic Ocean - 350 Miles from St Lucia

We are on the downhill leg of our crossing.  Well, Archimedes would disagree saying that the Earth is round - but you get the drift.

Hard to believe the long legs we have sailed to get here.  700 miles from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands, 850 miles from the Canaries to Cape Verde (of which we sailed all 1150 miles), and now this final leg 2100 miles to St Lucia.  Ugh.  We need a Pina Colada, a shade tree, and A CHEESEBURGER!

The weather has been anything but supportive of this last leg.  Today we sailed through a low pressure cell.  Winds continue to be light, but our Spinnaker - which we set two days ago - keeps us charging towards our goal.  Shawn and I enjoyed a cup of coffee on the front of the boat this afternoon.  It felt like sailing in Seattle as we sat in the rain listening to the rain bounce off the spinnaker.  Well, I suppose it was also 85 degrees which it apparently is not today in Seattle - where rumors indicate that it is forecast to snow for the Seahawks game...  I guess I won't complain about all the muggy tropical conditions we are suffering in.

We started a "predicted arrival pool" when we left.  About 1/2 the people are now out of the pool as our crossing has taken so long.  That said - I had the bright idea of predicting a late arrival.  I thought that if we did get in very late - at least I would win the pool, which would be a nice silver lining to the slow crossing.  My predicted time - 12/4 at 4am.  Fingers crossed we get in by then!  Winner gets a drink from everyone on the boat!  Sadly Shawn predicted the first time - which has long ago passed - so he has to buy EVERYONE a drink when we get there.  Optimist...