Whoa! We though the wind would pick up last night and so it did. So I am not going to complain that it is just West of North 30 knots and so very lumpy and beamy. Rather than nonchalantly wandering round the boat at will, we are back to one hand for the boat; our knees bent in a 'brace for another wave' position! However, we are heading West at 7 knots with 3 reefs in the main so making good progress. Mark has been repairing the spinnaker with the sewing machine whilst the engines have been on so we may get some more action yet for that sail (though not right now!!) We saw some more dolphins, flying fish have been throwing themselves onto our trampoline in some kind of weird sacrificial offering. And we saw a whale! Very briefly, one lumbered out of the water, witnessed only by Mia, Lochy Alan and mum. But definitely a whale. How exciting! Despite the 30 knots of wind, we still managed to have fish cakes and sticky toffee pudding for dinner - yum! Pos'n: 17.18W 38.30N