We are over 24 hours into a crossing back to Europe, and yesterday (Tuesday) we were visited by the first pod of dolphins we have seen in quite some time!!

They stayed with us for some time and we managed to snap this picture of them playing around the bow

So far it’s been quite the bumpy ride, as we have spent the past 42 hours beating into wind close hauled, and it’s unlikely that will stop in the next day or so, though the winds might vary a little.

The boat is getting sprayed quite a bit as we pound our way through the waves.

We managed to achieve an average of 6 knots so far, but this will probably be unrealistic to maintain for the entire crossing.

The big decision for us will be when to cross the high pressure zone, or just when to head further north. We might decide something for this come Friday.

Generally you might cross to the north of this high pressure, however in recent weeks it’s been all over the place, as well as there being little wind in the western Atlantic, north of the BVIs, so we are taking a slightly less conventional route.

Thanks to Ollie for posting this. We were just about to send it to Ollie to post, and another giant pod of dolphins just appeared, so here is another picture from the bow (Wednesday).

Hopefully these past 2 days are a song of things to come in terms of dolphin sightings. Very excited to have them back, as there were not many around the Carribbean.