Tuesday 9th June

It was another very breezy day, with a westerly wind and choppy waves. That didn’t deter the wildlife though, especially on the four hour trip this morning. Sailing south of Mousehole we picked up some feeding gannets who showed us where common dolphins were milling around. They swam with us as we headed southwards to one of our reliable wildlife spots. There we picked up three ocean sunfish, including one which breached a few times. There are a few around at the moment, as we heard from one of the other boats he had seen some further west too. We didn’t go too far out because of the wind and the steep swells, but had a lovely sail back eastwards with Manx shearwaters and gannets soaring past. This afternoon the wind was stronger and we had a very exciting sail out into the bay where there were still lots of seabirds though the dolphins had moved on. Heading back inshore we found a couple of seals, including one very young one.

Hoping this wind drops soon! We’re feeling our age 😁