Hi all,

The wind did decrease. Unfortunately but true. During the night it was squally. Around the squalls the wind increased, decreased and moved around all 360 degrees. At a certain point within 5 minutes the wind turned 4 times the clock round. Even the fastest sail handler can't adjust a square rigger to that. Luckily the wind speed was only between 2 and 6 knots, so we did not really move at all.

During the wind shifts we heard a whale blow all of a sudden. It was still dark, but the whale showed up for at least a hour on and off. When it got a bit brighter it disappeared into the great wide ocean. We think it might have been a dwarf Minky whale.

In the afternoon the bird watchers were treated with lots of birds.

Further we're preparing for a pinrail chase when the seas calm down and tonight we'll move the clock forward one hour to UTC-10

Groetjes, Janke