

Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow’s crown; And amidst the flashing a
A quote from Barry Cornwall—'The Stormy Petrel'. Whilst living in the Middle East for more than a decade I often partook of regular Pelagic boat trips into the Gulf of Oman, sailing from the East Coast of the United Arab Emirates. These started in 2010 and still run to this day (albeit infrequently now). We were pioneering at the time as these were the first pelagic trips run from the UAE. As such we recorded several firsts over the years. Several of my friends, Oscar