Fishing with a killer whale

We are sailing close-hauled until wind direction allows us to do so, then it will be time for the gennaker and we hope to increase our speed to overcome the next air bubble.

Until yesterday the gennaker had a good angle but the continued presence of squall gave us no reliability at all: yesterday we have been all day under water until 6am of this morning.

But today is one of those beautiful days from Aliseo: sunny and a cloudless sky, this is an opportunity to dry our bones and to do some cleaning.

However few hours ago a wonderful, majestic killer whale in all its elegance appeared to us for a few minutes then it disappeared in deep sea. Nevertheless we feel that it is not far away and with a low profile it is still keeping an eye on us.. for sure we are not fishing enough because of its proximity!

This is the Ocean, the seventh and main competitor of this race, the real winner of any race. Because of it we are all experienced and Blue Water beginner sailors.

We equally enjoy its contrasting alchemy of pain and joy, of annoying squalls and trade wind sunny mode, of temporary internet black-out and Tea time meeting with a whale.

Racing is just a cherry on the cake to make this experience unforgettable.

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