Sunset
Once out to sea we only had a slight swell and some times it was glass smooth so that you could see reflections of the stars. Little other traffic to worry about. Lizzy slept from midnight till about 4 whilst Vince and I swapped watches every couple of hours grabbing restless sleep in between. Lizzie and I saw the sun rise at about 6.30.
Sunrise
Another day with blue sky and a light warm breeze. It's a hard life sailing, playing cards helps, and the autohelm makes it possible.
The sea became quite smooth so that you could deep into the ocean, we motored through clouds of jelly fish and below them you could see dots of bright blue light coming on and going off as we passed, like little blue LEDs. We watched from the bow of the boat and suddenly a dolphin appeared swimming just in front of the boat only a few feet from us, then two more appeared and they all swam along side each other almost at our feet. It was mesmerising the surface of the water was smooth and crystal clear you could see every detail. Then suddenly they peeled off in unison to the left and dived down deep.
In the vernacular 'f***ing brilliant'.
Lizzie spotted a little bird landing on the boat , it is a orange-crowned warbler.
It hopped around and looked a little unsteady, our presence did not bother it at all , it sat on the port hole and looked in at Vince , actually came inside the cabin and sat on the rear cabin door. Then to my amazement as I stood in the companionway looking up the bird in my National Geographies Birds of the USA it came and sat on my hand. They winter in South Florida and breed in the northern states, I guess it was on its way north and stopped for a ride. A few times it flew off and returned to the boat, and then it was gone. A very welcome visitor .
All very tired we stayed the night at Cape Marina, Cape Canaveral.
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