Sunrise
Tillymint.fortescue
Sun 4 Jul 2010 07:31
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45:27:32N 07:19:93W
Still motoring - the wind has dropped to about 3
knots, so the Bay of Biscay is now more like a mill pond than a fearsome
sea.
Woke up for the 5am watch to watch a stunning sun
rise, embellished by a pod of dolphins cavorting in the bow wave.
Fishing rod out, but not a nibble yet. Plus ca
change!
We think we saw a Minke whale yesterday evening. A
fin was spotted, seen again and validated by a second opinion about 100m off. It
was too big to be a dolphin. In the absence of evidence to the contrary we have
claimed it as a whale.
132 miles to run to La Coruna, so we should arrive
at first light tomorrow morning - allowing us time for a shore based breakfast
and lunch before Stuart leaves and Olivier joins.
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