Weohgi - Life on the Ocean Waves!

We thought we had passed the biggest waves but they seem to have caught
up with us! The wind is coming more from the south so we had - shock
-horror- to do a sail change today! Its the 1st time since Mindelo that
we have had the pole out on the port side and the main on the starboard.
We have a better direction but the wave action corkscrews us around a bit!!!
We have been very surprised and slightly disappointed at the lack of sea
life on our journey. The life on the ocean waves that we have been
entertained by are:
Flying fish- extremely good at gliding but usually crash land into the
waves- or Weohgi - Just last night one landed in the cockpit - Colin
went to catch it but it leapt away towards the cockpit hatch of our
berth- luckily for Alan and the fish ( Oh how he would have laughed to
have a flying fish for a bed companion ) Colin ably captured the poor
thing and released it to fly another day!
Shear waters- What fantastic aerobatic pilots - It's just like a David
Attenborough film. The glide, stall turns, you name it they do it. It's
a wonder to behold such brilliance- even in the moonlight!
Tropic Birds? These swoop around the boat giving us the once over- very
pretty mainly white with black wing marking, orange beak, and a fine
filigree tail like a lyre bird. Name confirmation would be nice?
There are not many but a few smaller unknown birds that glide around the
waves as well.
We nearly had to put a pan pan out as the beer in the fridge had run
out! I have not seen the boys work as such a well coordinated team to
unpack the front berth to find the last pack of emergency beer under the
bed- a joy to behold such enthusiasm for a task and great team building!
Beer o'clock will be a happy event tonight- we better get to St Lucia
soon - only 5 days of beer left!!
Cheers!
Love Avryl Alan Andy and Colin xxxxx