Biscay Crossing 1

We departed La Rochelle at 8.30am on Friday on a heading of La Coruna. The
weather window looked perfect and it is certainly holding so far, we really
could not have asked for better conditions. Wind is light, we had 10-15kts
through the day yesterday and made some excellent progress tacking downwind
on the Spifurl, overnight the wind died down as forecast and we motored
through. Kevin had our first dolphin sighting at 05:00, right alongside the
helm in the pitch black with phosfluorescence streaming each side which
apparently took him rather by surprise. They came back for a quick hello to
me at 09:00 and a short dance round the bow.
Kevin has just started fishing, though no catches yet and we are both
really
enjoying our first big crossing. The sun is out and there is barely any
swell, you can't ask for more than than in Biscay. Position @ 08:00
Distance Run = 112nM
Position = 45 15'.183N, 003 03'.2W
Distance to La Coruna = 239nM