Dolphins off Santa Cruz from eric thomason on Vimeo.
Last weekend I did my ASA 104 class: Bareboat chartering. This certification will allow me to charter sailboat overnight which I am really looking forward to. The class was great. There were 3 other guys, Tim, Ryan and Kevin - all really nice and interesting people and the instructor Bill, who was awesome.
Here's the boat we took out - the Sun Soleil anchored at Prisoner's Harbor
Bill told first-hand stories of the pig culling and golden eagle relocation efforts that helped the native island fox rebound from near extinction recently. This was particularly interesting because Julia had just finished reading When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle (one of Julia's favorite authors) which is set in the Channel Islands and fictionally depicts the conflict between animal rights activists who want to prevent any animals from being killed and environmentalists who want to restore and preserve the original ecosystem. Here's a link to an interview with the author if you are interested.
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That's great! what kind of dolphins are those?
ReplyDeleteEric says he thinks they are common dolphins...bottlenose? You should come by for a closer look. Miss you.
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