Well this trip back form South Georgia has turned into a very bouncy one. We have been doing a lot of slogging to windward and today is no exception, starting with a little burst of 50 knots around 6am this morning which has now moderated to a more reasonable 25 to 30 knots.

It's a bit rough for wildlife watching today but we have seen quite a few sei whales. The other morning Wayne and I were on watch when a couple that we spotted on one side of the boat crossed our bow, within harpoon throwing distance (at least our ancestors would have measured it like that) , and then swam very close alongside us for a couple of minutes. That same evening a small pod of Orcas came and swam with us for a while. There have been several other whale sightings too. Now that we are well away from South Georgia we are not seeing the snow petrels anymore but have lots of other petrels and prions for company; Antarctic and Fairy prions, wilsons, blue, Cape, and white chinned petrels and for most of this trip we have had a few of the Light Mantled Sooty Albatrosses keeping us company.

Oh well back to watching the waves; excuse the spelling and dodgy typing but the desk won't stay still!!