Dolphins

Still in Charleston but blogging on request. Who??? You may ask. Well, let's just say more than one person has asked but will remain unknown to prevent embarassment.

We've been anchored for more than a week and have another week to go since Carol is heading off to Dallas soon. After a couple of days we set a stern anchor to attempt to keep us lined up with the current in the Ashley River. This kept us from swinging 4 times a day and over-running the rode (anchor line). It was noisy and nerve wracking at night. Sleeping better since then. Bahamian anchoring doesn't work as well when you have two bows. There is a downside. The stern anchor rode sticks out off the back and can be snagged by a boat if it comes too close. 10 feet being too close. Today a sailboat caught on it and then yelled at me for not anchoring according to his standards. Him coming within a boat length was, of course, not the cause. They were (French) Canadian. No other explanation needed.

On a more pleasant note we have seen quite a few dolphin. We had one in the marina near us when we were in the dinghy returning to the boat. Today we had one swim by the bow very close. Didn't see it (not looking) until we heard him (her) breathe. Dolphin are very common here but I hope we never get used to it.

Next up is seeing a whale from our own boat. Could happen off Cape Cod but hasn't yet. Could happen here if we went offshore. There are Right Whales in this area and down to Georgia.

Weather's been good for over a week so when it's time to it will likely be worse. We need to push to get into Florida before Carol has to work again.