Well, it’s more that 24 hours since our last blog
and we are still not at our main sampling station, close,
but not there! Reason? Winds gusting to 55 knots and 10
metre waves. Not conducive to working at sea unfortunately.
So we are hove to, actually steaming towards our target
site at about 1 knot, which means we should get there by
tomorrow morning. Frustrating, but there is always a glimmer
of light. We have been joined for several hours by a large
school of pilot whales; up to 100 at one time. As I write
this they are still showing on our starboard side four hours
after they were first spotted. Then, Peter, James and Charlie
have fixed the SAPS that had failed us on Friday morning;
over zealous tightening of the casing following service
seems to have been the problem! Let’s hope that we
can try them out in anger soon….
Pilot whales join the Crozet cruise
