Dolphin Encounter NZ
While anchored off Roberton Island in the Northland of New Zealand we had a wonderful encounter with some Pacific bottlenose dolphins. Enjoy!
While anchored off Roberton Island in the Northland of New Zealand we had a wonderful encounter with some Pacific bottlenose dolphins. Enjoy!
Hiria, a sun-stained fifty-ish fellow of slight build, yet powerfully muscular arms, chats casually with Andrea, their conversation centered around the highly specialized speedboat Hiria is currently piloting. They converse in a jumble of French, English and local Polynesian dialect as the boat throttles full bore over the waves, it's deep-V hull slicing and dicing the sea without...
During our stop-over here in Bonaire, we've had some wonderful scuba diving experiences. Tracy and I have not been here for many years but can report the coral and sealife are all still in great condition. From a sailing perspective, staying at the the marina and using our tender to go out to the dive site has been fantastic.
While sailing near the beautiful island of Barbuda, we were joined by a group of 9 dolphins with babies. They slowly swam in front of the bow for about a half hour. We were leaving our anchorage spot just motoring slowly in shallow water while avoiding the coral when they appeared. Most of our other dolphin experiences have been under sail with them riding our bow wave. This time they...
While sailing around Antigua today from Carisle Bay on our way to an anchorage in Nonsuch Bay on the east side of the island, Murray spotted a whale breaching up ahead of us. We quickly changed course and motored over to see if we could get close enough for some photos. Luckily this male "Humpback Whale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)Humpback_whale was not too worried about our little...
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