The Day of the Dolphins!!
Jigsaw
Mon 27 Aug 2007 17:51
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If you are a fan of dolphin spotting then you
should have been on Jigsaw today. We saw at least 50 dophins today,
they appeared first just as we were leaving Portosin Marina at about 9:30
this morning, a large pod of very large common dolphins swam around the boat for
some time. They were bouncing around us for about ten minutes, we are, as you
may have gathered, all suckers for dolphins so we were completely
mesmerised by the close proximity of such a large gang who seemed to be
particularly attached to our boat. Later in the day, as we made our way down to
Bayona, we had a number of further visits from gangs of marauding dolphins, each
time they came alongside we sailed with them with cries of delight from all on
board, on one occasion they stayed long enough for us to get some pretty good
video footage of them swimming next to the boat.
We are now moored in Bayona, a beautiful town
with delightful surroundings, may be here a while. Will go down to Portugal next
on our way to the Canaries. still sailing with Beyzona, who also have children
on board. Molly, Kate, Connor and Annika make a formidable gang of
Pirates, capable of striking fear into the heart of any
landlubber.
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