Skyelark of London - Day 13

Good wind all day has made for some great sailing and good progress in
somewhat lumpy seas. There's lots of chat between the crew as to when we
think we will arrive, with just over 1250 miles to go its all about the wind
from now. We were joined earlier this morning by a pod of dolphins about 50
m off the starbord bow but much smaller than we have seen before and all
leaping from the water almost in a line. However they seemed uninterested
in us and carried on with their journey. Despite the speed of the boat we
still had the fishing lines out and one large strike and a leap out of the
water by what looked to be a decent sized tuna but then gone. Because of the
sea state it was all hatches closed tight which made for some pretty hot,
sticky and bumpy time down below. Christmas has arrived in the cabin in the
form of some tinsel and fairy lights that were kindly supplied by Riks wife
Jean before we left Las Palmas and are now decorating the fruit net hanging
from the ceiling. Haven't quite got onto Christmas songs, but it can only
be a matter of time! Although sat in shorts and t-shirts mid Atlantic it
couldn't feel any less like Christmas. The promise for tomorrow is for more
wind and bigger seas so watch this space.
Richard Bidders