Skyelark of London - nearly half way

Day 10, moving well, 184 VMG and 194 miles on the log in the last 24 hours.  Today, sunny skies, winds 18 to 22, seas 2 to 3 meters after a windier night with jib poled out and 2 reefs in the main.  For those of you who don’t know what VMG is, feel free to google this.  We are surviving without google, making up answers as we go.  A few questions for you all...  The whale we saw yesterday had a completely white belly.  We are thinking Minke.  Any ideas?  Also, we saw a bird today, mostly white, short fat body and relatively short wings.  Any thoughts? 

Kitty