SDolphins Come Play
Return Day 16 8/14/2014 9:30 (120 Miles to Golden Gate Bridge)
GPS shows only 18 Hours to go at our current rate 7.5 knots. Last evening at the beginning of my watch around 7:00 the wind started to weaken so I fired up the diesel and we have been running it ever since. We must all have our homing instincts in full gear.
Halfway through my morning watch we had a pod of dolphins come play in our wake. It always amazes and thrills me when I experience this. What compels these playful creature to dash around the boat like some carnival ride. They play for a while and then seem to get bored and as quickly as they came they vanish into the grey sea in search of either another adventure or food. Shortly after the first set left another pod came by for a visit. It could have been the same but I doubt it because I was able to watch them arrive off of our starboard bow and they were definitely in a rush to arrive making me think that they were looking for a a new adventure. At the front end of a wave, no further than 50 yards off our starboard beam 7 dolphins simultaneously shot out of the back end of a wave and gracefully entered the water like a choreographed show at SeaWorld. It was well worth the price of admission.
That is all for now, it is extremely difficult to write while trying to balance against the nav station at a 20 degree list while falling off 6 foot waves. This is SeaWorld and Six Flags all rolled into one!
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