We have had a busy 24 hours of wildlife with a small pipit like bird on board for a while followed by a tern that came and roosted on the solar panel for half the night.

Dolphins and Pilot Whales abound and the sight of them kicking up phosphorescence as they sped like torpedos through the water was as exhilarating for us as we are sure it was for them. Mark and Martin got some excellent Dolphin video that sadly we cant share until on land due to data restrictions with the satellite package. 

Boat speeds have been good and sailing excellent during the last 24 hours but its engine on as the wind drops to 8 knots or less and we find ourselves in a widespread wind hole across the whole of what would be our approach to Cape Verde. 
No one seems to have noticed that we gave the wrong comet information out for yesterday evenings light show, the correct meteor group is of course Lionidis with the Hydrids  metoer showers due in December. 

A brace of plusses this morning whilst preparing the blog we witnessed a couple of whales spouting some distance off but not close enough to capture an image. And Ton6 produced some delicious scones so there's a divine whiff about the saloon and drifting across the Atlantic