Did I say “desert”? Well, that myth was destroyed today by about 40
dolphins dancing, leaping, and generally showing off as they came racing
toward us from our port bo! A half dozen played in our bow wave as we stood
on deck watching, calling to them and taking photos. The rest continued to
frolic further away. They performed their standard trick of leaping
gracefully forward out of the water as they swam plus another feat we’d
never seen. Several dolphins leaped vertically out of the water, seemed to
stand on their tails and then fall splat back into the water. They did that
over and over again. We never tire of watching the dolphins.

On the fishing front we have no news. We’ve had the lines out from dawn to
dusk, but haven’t had even a bite. The fishermen are hoping we’ll catch
something as we come up on soundings near Bermuda tomorrow morning.

It looks as if we’ll get to Bermuda sometime Thursday afternoon, sooner if
the wind comes in from the SW as predicted and we can throw some sails up.
A little later if we can only motor. We’d love to get there before the fuel
dock closes in order to depart again immediately for home. We’ll see.

The last item is a wonderful dinner prepared by the rookie, as we have taken
to calling Pete L. (He is, after all, the rookie this trip.) Peter V
coached him in preparing pork tenderloin with red potatoes and a huge salad,
and the rookie did himself proud!

All the best from the crew of avalanche looking forward to Bermuda tomorrow.

May 28 1600 Latitude 29 38.200N Longitude 63 46.800W (miles in 24 hours:
191)

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