Pied Piper

Hi there
 
Bahrain Team Pindar is the pied piper of the avian world today and I must have a hundred seabirds spiralling around the boat as I head eastwards, 470 miles from the icegate, and 1300 miles from Cape Town.
 
Perhaps they are hoping that my wake will stir up some food for them, or perhaps it's just a change of scenery from waves, waves and more waves.
 
There are no albatross amongst them but four very large black petrels and lots of smaller grey and white birds. It's quite a sight, but very hard to capture on the camera for you.
 
Otherwise all well on board. I had the spinnaker up all last night and then gybed just before dawn to head to the icegate. I changed to a reaching sail in the light of the forecast and the fact that we were well headed, but most of the day the wind has been very changeable in velocity. Not really following the forecast, though tonight the wind should certainly increase to make this reaching sail perfect, and I should have strong winds all the way to the icegate and beyond.
 
All the best

Brian