In the afternoon Calum hooked a monster  50" 12 Kilo Dorade which was baked in Olive oil and lemons and served with rice for supper. 1/2 in freezer - and left overs the other 1/4  became this lunch time`s - fish pie, with the last of our potatoes.

This is our penultimate day at sea - and quite appropriately for the crew our first whale sighting was this morning!  It was a Minke Whale surfing the waves and she stayed alongside Matchmaker for 15 minutes, surfacing 3 or 4 times every 5 minutes - an awesome sight which at first sighting ( eagle eye,Calum ) no one believed - However she stayed alongside for quite a while and we all said "Good day" to this awesome sea mammal.

During the early morning and for a few hours after Dawn - ( Dawn was 9.30UTC ) we tracked a few squalls. We managed to get a free fresh water shower from on of the larger ones - very refreshing and a good laugh was had by all.

The Days run was satisfactory 194 miles.