Sailing with The Dolphins

Yesterday we sailed out into the ocean again.  The waters were calmer than the first time and it was a pretty leisurely sail.

At one point, we noticed a lot of birds, mostly pelicans, hanging around one particular spot, flying around and diving a lot.  The captain confirmed that it meant there was probably a school of fish below the surface there.

Neil noticed a dolphin!  It was pretty close to the boat, just swimming along side.  Then we saw another and another.  There were probably at least 30 of them.  They must have also been chasing that school of fish.  We’ve heard of dolphins playing in the bow wave of boats before, but this was the first time we’d seen it ourselves.  What fun to watch them coming close and riding along with us.

Sorry, we couldn’t find the video camera fast enough to get any shots, but we’re pretty sure there’ll be other opportunities.

Here are a few photos we’ve taken recently:

Our new name.

We just thought this was cute.

They have this neat wave thingie down by the beach.

Sharon calls this the "ugly shell house".  Whatever would possess a person????

Neil doing the engine check.

Sealions hanging around on a buoy.