We continued our slow move south yesterday, leaving midmorning after watching dolphins play through out the anchorage. Our wind was every which way & didn't fill in until an hour before we arrived at San Evaristo.
Along the way -- and true to the maxim that you have to be watching -- we thrilled to spot 2 fin whales breaching. Over and over and over. They didn't seem overly large, so maybe 40 feet long; but even that is some hefty weight. Imagine the energy and coordination to lift the upper 2/3 thirds of their bodies completely out of the water; twist and fall with an enormous splash!! And then do it over and over and over. Then swim a bit and roll; then breach again and again and again. We just watched in awe and wonderment. From a safe distance I would note.
Then the whales dove and swam north, we sailed south. Still smiling about that snippet of life in the Sea today.
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