Tonight we have been tacking a lot, trying to avoid a couple of windholes that were surrounding us. Seems it worked because we are still part of the leading pack. We have now started the ocean sprint that we hope to complete in one long tack towards Oban. This morning we saw a whale! A small pilot whale about 200m from us. Exciting!
While on the boat I have completely forgotten about all the stuff that usually occupies our mind. I have not given a single thought to the UK elections, the elections in France, Trump, Spanish politics, the war in Ucrania or the massacres in Palestine. My thoughts revolve around this little 20x6m island which has become our world. And it feels really liberating and healthy to free my mind of all those worries and thoughts, to be able to just concentrate on our day to day sailing.
I've always thought that holidays should be used to tire your body and rest your mind and that's precisely what we are doing here.
