[CINC] IPCO Vanguard April 3, 2012

[Rose Messina]

A.M. trip

Sightings:		2 grays traveling slowly
			200 dolphins playing around the boat

Passengers were from  San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Truckee, Thousand  
Oaks, Oxnard, Temucla and Idaho.

The grays stayed on the surface for about 30 minutes, much to the  
delight of everyone aboard.  The dolphins were crowd-pleasers, as  
usual. We visited Anacapa and passengers were impressed with Captain  
Jason's close approach to the landing platform, as well as the close  
look at arch rock and the back of the island with its usual bevies of  
sea lions.


P.M. trip

Sightings:		3 grays traveling slowly
			150 common dolphins who followed the boat back to the harbor

Passengers were from Tulare, Tahoe, Moorpark, Moranga, Las Vegas,  
Chattanooga, Indiana, Georgia, Illinois, London and Germany.

There were many birders on board. One couple from Chicago was very  
impressed with the variety of birds in the area, entering at least 30  
first-time sightings in their book.  We followed the grays for 45  
minutes with many shows of flukes, supplying many photo ops to the  
photographers.    Captain Jason found a group of dolphins which  
followed us to the breakwater for a perfect ending to an perfect day.

Thanks to Captain Anthony, Dani, Luke

Rose Messina