21 58N 71 49W

Osprey
John Bowering
Sun 18 May 2008 11:55
0800 Sunday morning (Captains rounds at 1000 and church parade at 1100) and we should be at Fort George cut for lunchtime then through the reef to Pine Cay. We have had a school of 12 dolphins playing with us twice in the past 12 hours - maybe the same school. Really beautiful creatures. They seem to want to either make sure you are awake or are paying attention to them because initially they jump out of the water and slap back in with a bang. Once they are sure they have got your attention they get on with the show. We have some great pictures which I will post when we next have a reasonable internet connection. Water maker has performed well and has virtually replace the water we lost from the after tank. Only disadvantage is I will now have to sterilise it once we are at the anchorage as the membrane deteriorates quickly at these temperatures unless used every day. We are just about to cut across the 100 ft line so that we can test our sonar before we get to the reefs. Have not had to use it much thus far and we need some practice in interpreting the screens. These used to be simple gadgets but are now so sophisticated we can even tract the individual dolphins on high resolution. As we need the visibility around the reefs we won't be able to use the tent today so we should be cooked to a turn by the time we get anchored!

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