LittleSister
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Cast aside, for a few moments, the troubles of the world. Nice video here, taken by a French friend from his Marcon Sabre 27.
Dolphins!
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oldharry
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Reminds me of a similar experience when a pod of around 8 Dolphins 'escorted' us for 10 minutes or so off Cardigan island in W Wales. They seemed to be playing with us, diving under the boat and so on, or were they seeing us off their patch? Who knows - it's a lot more comfortable to think they were just greeting us playfully.
Clancy Moped
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Always brightness the day...
Spirit (of Glenans)
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I have often wondered why the French Crown Prince was known as "Le Dauphin".
capnsensible
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LittleSister
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Guigues IV, Count of Vienne (35km S of Lyon , and a major centre of the Roman Empire under the Latin name Vienna) had a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed le Dauphin. The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneury, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of le Dauphin. The wife of the Dauphin was known as la Dauphine.
The first French prince called le Dauphin was Charles the Wise, later ascending to the throne as Charles V of France. The title was roughly equivalent to the English (thence British) Prince of Wales, the Scottish Duke of Rothesay, the Portuguese Prince of Brazil, and the Spanish Prince of Asturias. The official style of a Dauphin of France, prior to 1461, was par la grâce de Dieu, dauphin de Viennois, comte de Valentinois et de Diois ("By the Grace of God, Dauphin of Viennois, Count of Valentinois and of Diois").
Dauphin of France - Wikipedia
oldharry
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Wow - that must get the prize for thread drift of the year!
LittleSister
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What's the prize? ?
ProDave
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Have you seen our dolphins this year Jamie? 4 times round the point so far this year and not seen one.
ctva
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No matter how long we’ve been sailing, we still love to see dolphins on the bow. ?
jamie N
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I saw a pod at the point a few weeks ago, but haven't been able to sail as I'm mastless just now.
I think Diarmid saw some the other day up by Cromarty, but I don't think that the Inverness boats have seen so many either?
capnsensible
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Adjag
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We were motoring in a flat calm outside Yarmouth & saw a wave on it's own, turned out to be about 6 dolphins swimming together really fast. I've never seen them Inthe Solent before
jamie N
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Nah: 1/2 the population prefer something that'll go down deeper for longer, with good 'manipulation'.
capnsensible
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Where's the door?
jamie N
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Next to the coffee machine at the other end of the umbilical, 3 klicks away.
LiftyK
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Four dolphins seen travelling east to west off Worthing today. Marvellous.
Lightwave395
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We always seem to get a large group follow us (and most other passing boats) between Penmarc'h and the Raz - I always think they're congratulaing us on getting through the Raz or wishing us luck going North...
ProDave
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Us on Saturday. Between Chanonry point and Fort George.
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