The magical 93 degrees

Blanshard
Fri 18 Jun 2010 15:56
Position  35 58.81N 020 14.27W  Log reading 15327.4   Distance covered 182 miles
 
Not temperature but our heading.  At last the wind has backed round and we are pointing in the right direction for Gibraltar making good speed but still banging into the waves; some people pay good money for this experience of sailing the wrong way round the world but we are supposedly going the right way!
    So to be honest not all that much action actually on the boat- bar some course changes and reefing to keep us occupied it's pretty much the same as yesterday here. We have had some valiant attempts from others to keep us occupied though, so far Dad's had one yacht come on a bee line for us in the middle of the night and high seas to ask if we wanted anything (we declined his offer) and one tanker decide he needed company- he steamed straight for us and passed close on the lee side playing a torch over the deck. A swallow also visited and has been flying just off the stern for the last couple of hours, hopefully he'll follow us all the way to Gibraltar! Strangely up until just before lunch we hadn't seen any dolphins pretty much since the Azores, we're wondering if the ones we saw today were a different species as their dorsal fin had a small hook on the end.. They were definitely interested in us as they kept on arching so their eyes were out of the water and they could see us, slightly strange to be watched like that but also great to see! Just about to attempt the creation of some brownies, could go horribly wrong in this sea!