Lunni - ARC+ leg2 day 8: some nature science

Last night we headed more South down to 14’32N to avoid lighter winds. Our traditional style boat needs good winds to proceed. Then in the morning we made jib and now heading to Saint Lucia with 6knots. Still about 10 days left.

Robert (11y) made today some breakfast to the crew, as on many mornings, milk chocolate, cheese sandwiches and corn flakes with milk. Yes, we might need a cow on board...

Instead of working with school books on a jumpy sailing we ask our kids to observe the ocean and arounds. While eating lunch on deck we saw a pair of birds. They were white and bulky with sharp wings flying around the boat working fastly with wings. They were bigger ones than the small and elegant mostly dark bird playing with the waves that has followed us maybe a week. How can birds fly so far? What do they eat? When they sleep?

All day we have noticed orange-brown weed on the clear blue waves. Maybe we have reach now a current that collect those plants and move them to another continent. We managed to catch one of those plants for kids to study with microscope.

Oskar (9y) noticed a water blow near the boat while we had just turned the engine on for charging batteries. He also heard a sound of blowing. Somebody came just to check us and went away.

Whale watching is going on, on the first leg we admired a school of pygmey killer whales.

We also have cleaned the deck in the mornings from flyfishes. Daytime we can see them flying over waves like highly educated air show pilots. Despite of that poor kamikaze one who another night dropped directly from the companionway to the kettle on the stove.

Satu