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Friday 6th December 2019

Squalls

Last night we experienced gifts from the sea gods of the northeast. On the horizon behind the boat formed dark low clouds, which gradually moved in on the boat's stern quarters, bringing with it force six winds and buckets of rain. The rain trailed off, the wind stabilised and the stars began to reappear one by one as the clouds departed. Within an hour, on the horizon behind the boat formed dark low clouds which gradually moved in on the boat's stern quarters, bringing with it force six and, in one case, force 7, and boat loads of rain. And so on and so forth until about 9am.

The rest of the day was glorious sunshine and gave us time to reflect, on a side note from squalls, that there is a distinct lack of whale sightings and tuna catches on this trip so far. We're considering choreographing whale dances and tuna whistles to be directed at the gods of the Atlantic wildlife. We'll let you know how we get on.