Captain Scott ~ Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Thursday, 8 18n 68 08e Commanders alerted us to a low forming ahead and so we are diverting a little south to keep on its good side. The north tip of the Maldives is only 290 ahead. Last night the winds increased to 20/28kts from the NW and we are humming along. All day today the seas have built and the wind 25/32kts. Also the barometer has fallen some and squalls are moving through. Typhoons form here this time of year so we are watchful. We can always bailout to the south. We rolled up the jib, eased the main, and were soon seeing 13.5kts of speed. Max wind in the squall was 44. At exactly this exciting moment I spotted a pod of whales. We flew by them. I counted 9 spouts. Possibly each whale had time to blow twice so maybe there were only 4 1/2 whales