Shit a shark! It's one of those alliterations you don't alway think of, unless you're surrounded from horizon to horizon by water. Turns out I was being a melodramatic ninny as the shark was actually a really cute dolphin. He brought all of his friends to hang out with us for part of our 75 hour sail across the Bay of Biscay. Then his cousins the whales took over once we crossed over the continental shelf around the end of the second day.
Since we're a crew of two, we had to pull shifts. We ended up sticking to our natural rhythms. I'm n-o-t a morning person, but I love staying up late so I took 11pm to 3am. Nicolas has a Cinderella complex and ceases to exist after midnight, but he doesn't mind waking up early, so he got 3am to 7am. Then we napped, a lot, during the day. With the warm weather and calm route, it worked out fine.
Next stop, Spain!
wonderful photo! That is a Delphinus delphis (Common Dolphin)...i'm a geek so here's a link about them: http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/common.htm
ReplyDeleteso glad your sail was nice and calm Sailor!