Sailing on Fortitude (July 18-23)

Pelican diving for fish near Sandy Island (Jul 20, 2004, 11:28am) This is not a picture of a dead bird. This is a pelican, caught at the instant it was diving into the shallow water for a fish. That's Sandy Island right behind the pelican, and from our snorkeling trip after lunch I included a picture of the school of fish that the pelican was feeding on.

Caribbean reef squid (Jul 20, 2004, 11:58am) Just before lunch, during our stop at Sandy Island, we jumped in the water to do a snorkeling near Sandy Island. This is the first set of underwater pictures from our sailboat trip. (Although we also did some snorkeling in Chatham Bay, it was too dark then to take pictures). There was a whole school of reef squids floating by in the shallow water. This picture and the next two are the best shots I took of the squids.

A pair of reef squids (Jul 20, 2004, 11:58am)