Sailing past a sunrise-cropped

I need your help! My wife (an art director) says that my other

version is the best of two versions of this photo. I wish you would

help me solve this problem. I am posting both images and I want you

to review and rate both. Please feel free to add comments (either

positive or negative). Please let me know whether the crop works for

the picture! Thanks in advance for your help. (see my home page if

you miss the pictures as a set). Thanks.