Thursday, July 8, 2010

Children's Hour

[Sent at 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time yesterday]

Every night at 5, people get on the SSB radio and chat.  The topic right now is sea life sightings.  I thought it was cool that I saw a couple of whales breach fairly close to the boat but other folks are reporting having to alter course to avoid hitting a whale, or better yet the one boat that was escorted by 6 whales for over half an hour!  Someone else had a huge group ("thousands") of dolphins following them for hours.  That one may be children's hour hyperbole.

The coolest thing for me about my whale sighting was that I was alone in the cockpit at the time, enjoying the beauty of the day and the sound of the boat cutting through the water, as I attempted to hold the course determined by the navigator.  It was kind of tough because I was looking around too much!  It is just spectacular out here.

2 comments:

Neophyte said...

Sounds like an amazing experience!

Ken n Cheryl said...

There's something so magical about dolphins and whales! Glad you're having a great time.