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Ngahue IV - Jumping dolphins don't need no wind!



As yet another calm day drew to a close, Ngahue IV was suddenly the target of a school of dolphins. We saw them approaching the boat from afar, and the dolphins were keen that we noticed them arriving, as they jumped several feet out of the water before riding our bow wave and swimming around the boat. We're currently in 1 to 2 knot winds, so our Volvo-Penta is humming away at 1250 revs to give us a speed over ground of some 5 knots. Perhaps it was this engine noise that made the dolphins push on after only a few minutes around the boat. Well, it certainly made a nicer spectacle than the continuous parade of Portuguese Men-of-War that we see passing each day.
And so our trip continues to the next waypoint on the plotter, which I've hopefully named "Windpoint Sunday" where we should start picking up usable winds again tomorrow afternoon! Let's see whether Squid gets this one right. They usually do, and we certainly hope so!



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