Carrier 77

May 19, 2009 – Tuesday
The winds died down toward morning and things begin to look a little better. I was on the night watch with Don and right at sunrise I thought I saw a fin slice through the water right beside me. A few minutes later I thought I saw another one. I was sure I was mistaken. Ten minutes later I saw the back of a dolphin arch out of the water and then for the next 15 minutes we had a least four dolphins riding our bow wave and swimming along side the boat. After that excitement died down we were hailed by carrier 77 and off to our starboard stern we saw the silhouette of an aircraft carrier approaching us. He asked if it would be OK for him to pass safely behind us. Don and I decided that would be fine with us! I wanted to ask for a fly-by, but settled for safe passage behind us! Boat actively got really hectic after that and there seemed to be boats coming from every which way as we approached the shipping lanes. Some fighter jets appeared and flew by us quite close and then off in the distance they did some dogfights and we enjoyed the show. The sun came out brightly and although the winds were not as strong they had changed and we were making good time. The day was much more comfortable and we were able to eat some meals as well. The head unfortunately gave up working entirely and we had to resort to empty cut-off pop bottle and a bucket.