It’s Saturday morning and I am mostly, no make that somewhat, dug out from under the bills and correspondence that piled up at home while I was away delivering Pandora to GA. It’s amazing how quickly things get out of control. If you missed it, Pandora’s in GA so that Brenda and I can join her somewhere sort of warm in January when we head down to spend the winter aboard.
The 800 mile trip from Essex to St Mary’s was uneventful but it was a bit of a bummer that 600 miles of the run was under power. Oh well, after two north-bound runs under sail and one southbound sailing run, I guess I was about due for a motorboat trip. Well, at least I know that I like my new Autoprop (propeller).
It’s safe to say that the highlight of the run was when we were visited by a pod of dolphins that swam with us for quite a while. Yes, we see dolphins regularly when making the long ocean runs in the spring and fall. However, this was a particularly great experience as the water was just so still; more like a run on Long Island Sound in August, than time in the ocean. I understand that dolphins are quite intelligent and to watch them play under our bow that they were having a fun time, if not a full blown “play date” with Pandora. I sure was enjoying watching them, that’s for sure.
This video is perhaps a bit longer than you’d like but I have shown it to a number of folks that suggested I post it in it’s uncut length of about 15 minutes. Actually, well to me at least, it gets more interesting the further you get into it.
Let me know what you think.
Anyway, I had better get going as I am going to see my mother today for a visit and had better get going. I hope she enjoys it as well.
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