[CINC] CX WW 4/24; trips #1 & #2 of 3

[Marty Flam]

CX 4/24 - Capt. Mat & crew
9 am: 100 common dolphins, 1 cow/calf humpback pair.
Noon:  the same cow/calf humpback pair, plus common &  bottle nose dolphins
 
Passengers 9 am - 51;  Noon 17. Weather-.Overcast' Sea- mostly flat
 
Marilyn as PID and I did did the 9am and noon 2 1/2 WW trips on CX today   On trip #1 we  had the pleasure of mostly Carpenteria's  Rincon High students, principal and parents, teachers, etc.  many  of whom seemed to enjoy  our search for the sometimes  ubiquitous marine mammals, fresh air and flat water on the channel so profitable to their carpenter predecessors.  On both the first and second trips Marilyn sought to be perhaps the first human to photograph one or both of the calf's tail flukes, but despite Mom's demonstrations, baby didn't imitate for the photog.  Mat estimated this babe's birth maybe last Nov. down off Central America or the Sea of Cortez, and perhaps she was only nursing now, if at all, for old times sake, living mostly off the plentiful bait fish of our rich Southern California Bight.
 

Marty Flam 
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