49:15.73N 08:18.28W

 

With 86 miles to go to the Isles of Scilly, we are bowling along on a broad reach with 2 reefs and staysail in a 20 knot wind – fabulous sailing conditions.

 

We have continued to see whales, of different types, virtually every day of the passage but fortunately no more instances of being followed as closely as the 3 that stayed with us for 50 minutes. 

 

Last night, we had dolphins come and go for most of the night which, with a full moon light that you could have read by, made the night watch hours whizz by - magic. 

 

The picture below is a slightly better shot of one of the 3 whales that followed us.  We estimate it was about 25 metres in size (twice the size of Toots)