Look, Ma! I'm flying!

...Or not. That would be silly. Flying isn't encouraged on boats. Going aloft, however, is. Here is a video of what is like to be on the foremast of Lynx. It doesn't really do it justice, but I wanted to show you all what I could. I was strapped in, as I show in one part of it. The only time you're not strapped in is when you're climbing the shrouds...so around 75 feet of climbing. I was about 79 feet in the air right there. We have to go up the foremast everytime we set the fore topsail because it has to be loosed before it is set, and furled after it is taken in. I strap in everytime I'm able to. Just because I like going up there doesn't mean I excercise stupidity. =)
(The video is private, so you can only go to it if you have the link. I loaded it through a friend's account. I zoom in on him at the end. Sorry that it is sideways. I didn't realize that until after it was taken.)

Dolphins

Pictures of some dolphins that were swimming next to the port bow of the Lynx. My camera isn't quick enough to take any really good pictures of them, but these are the best ones. In the top photo, the one jumping out of the water is a baby dophin, and in the bottom one, it is swimming next to a bigger dolphin. It was really cute. =) I've seen a whale breach before, too, but I didn't have my camera on me at the time.