Dolphin ahoy!

Click to see real size Dolphin -  not quite through the eyes of the Needles On the August Bank holiday weekend we set off on a weekend trip to Weymouth in our Contessa 26, Elinor . There was little wind and we slowly made our way tacking out to the Needles.  When we half a mile or so off my two sons (Rupert and Justin) spotted a lone dolphin swimming alongside the boat just under the water.  It stayed with us for about half an hour moving from side to side and seemed very friendly. Click to see real size A passing motor boat who had also spotted the dolphin took some photographs and they very kindly emailed them to us a few days later. I think this dolphin had been spotted all over the Western Solent during this period, once swimming up the river to Lymington. More recently a friendly dolphin has been seen off Plymouth and stroked by lifeboatmen - I wonder if it is the same one?   DAVID HOULTON

 

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