We never saw any wind over 7 knots today and the little breeze that did show up was always on our nose so zero sailing today but a true picnic after the last couple days of punishment.
The consensus of the crew was that we paid in full for the beauty of today.
Most of the day the surface of the water was glassy with a very gentle long/period swell gradually rocking the boat like a slow cradle. Carlos has been making quips the last couple of days about when my order of dolphins would arrive.
Late in the day while we were playing Scopa, an extremely popular Italian card card game, Carlos detected something in the water. He stepped out to see, sure enough, the dolphins had arrived!!
We went out to the bows to see several dolphins playing in the bow wake. A few moments later they were gone, an awesome experience though!
But apparently they were just teasing us. From a 100 meters off to starboard they came back in force, a dozen or more dolphins raced at high speed directly towards the boat, jumping clear of the water at every opportunity. It was an absolutely awesome display. They played around the boat for ten minutes before ending their encore and moving off to the east.
Their appearance lifted everyone to an even higher point.
An hour later brought a beautiful sunset and simultaneously a gorgeous full moon emerged from water on the eastern horizon.
What a day!
-Greg
What a day! Marine mammal visitors and such holiday weather and good moonlight. Awesome.
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