Sailing-10Jul07-01   Jul 10, 2007

My third cousins Dick and Bill checking out the Holoholo, as I believe the boat was called.

Sailing-10Jul07-02   Jul 10, 2007

The cockpit

Sailing-10Jul07-03   Jul 10, 2007

Sailing-10Jul07-04   Jul 10, 2007

It looked quite foreboding when we left the harbor, but hey, at least there's wind.

Sailing-10Jul07-05   Jul 10, 2007

Shipping vessels are big, fast and scary.

Sailing-11Jul07-08   Jul 11, 2007

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Sailing-11Jul07-10   Jul 11, 2007

I woke up the first morning and stuck my head out of the companionway and saw this sky.

Sailing-12Jul07-14   Jul 12, 2007

Sailing-12Jul07-17   Jul 12, 2007

The mast at twilight

Sailing-13Jul07-18   Jul 13, 2007

The bow at twilight

Sailing-13Jul07-21   Jul 13, 2007

Ideally this would be stitched together with the bast some, but it just didn't work.

Sailing-13Jul07-22   Jul 13, 2007

The view from the back of the boat where we moor -- just north of the isthmus

Sailing-14Jul07-25   Jul 14, 2007

Spouting blue whale

Sailing-14Jul07-27   Jul 14, 2007

We followed him at about 30 meters for maybe ten minutes.

Sailing-14Jul07-28   Jul 14, 2007

Blue Whales are unusual this far south, but sure enough. It's a very very large animal. The only time I've seen something bigger than the boat (and it's 42ft boat)