This morning, we were informed by the wonderful people who turn these satellite tracker updates into blog posts (hi Erin and Liz!) that the majority of you guys reading our updates everyday heavily leaned in favor of us making a pitstop in Bermuda.

For now, we are keeping our course straight towards Bermuda to keep the option open, and will choose staying or continuing very close to the last minute. Stay tune for an extra update later today!

It is Sunday onboard Polar Seal, and on our 8th day at sea, we have a choice to make.

Getting comfortable at sea after a long first seven days. Fingers crossed it continues!

We decided to award our jib and cockpit enclosure as MVPs after we finally understood the meaning of the "zone of enhanced squalliness."

Now that we are out of the Caribbean Sea, the motion of the boat has gotten a lot more gentle on us, and we were finally able to put ourselves on an actual watch schedule.

The simple fact that it has a name should have been a red flag. But even so, we were clueless about “the Mona passage,” the little body of water between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, when we made our approach to exit the Caribbean Sea.

Last stretch before our departure towards the Azores! At this point, Polar Seal is 90% ready to take off. All the systems have been checked, maintained or upgraded, and she is in better shape than ever.