Recently I had ocassion for a little HYDROTHERAPY courtesy of my Friend, Captain Tom Warren for a little excursion aboard KAMEHAMEHA. It was a day sail for some mutual Friends celebrating a Birthday. As is fairly typical the weather was great, with just a hint of the Trades teasing out in the Pai'lolo Channel (between Maui & Molokai).
After a leisure motoring through Ma'la to cruise by my Porch and visit the Turtles, we paused just of Wahikuli Beach to set the sails, and headed off past Kaanapali out to catch the wind. Just as we passed Black Rock we could see right away the signs of sea life activity ahead. As we were still in light air, it soon became aparant that the activity was moving more toward us, than we were towards it.
Within a few minuets we were surrounded by the darting dorsal fins and graceful leaps of dozens of Spinner Dolphins.
It's difficult to adequately describe the graceful elegance of these playful Seagoing Mammals as the effortlessly ride the twin bow waves of the Catamaran, endlessly spinning, jumping and splashing about in the surrounding waters. Literally hundreds of them in the Group. This first hand video clip shows a little of what we experienced:
Just a couple of weeks prior to this I had the opportunity to take along an old High School Friend, Jim Hewlett and his Wife for a day sail. It was too early still for Whales, and we only saw just a few of the Little Spinners then, but I think they enjoyed the day, it's hard not to enjoy a day on the water off-shore Lahaina. Perhaps YOU'D care to join us on YOUR next visit to Maui?
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward
Man oh man oh man ... I want to play with the dolphins! Claudia
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