Heros!
Heros! Originally shared by mark dobson The Big Boot 1500 points was on the line Thursday, june 18th...Time is ticking, finally get to santa barbara and we pull out of harbor at 12:45am, it is 35 miles if you go straight there. There wasn't any wind so all we had to deal with was the swells and fog. thick fog. the visibility was 30 feet! So we navigated by gps the whole way. To put that in perspective, because we were under the gun to get to the shards before 5 am. Imagine a bag over your head, and you are running with someone telling you left and right. It was intense to say the least. Butterflies the whole time. Not to mention, we couldn't go "straight" there or we would crash into the north end of sci. And I have never been to sri before so I had to trust my readings of the nav maps (Also good advice from fellow captain #Bukaka) Nearly the whole way, dolphins swam along side of us. It would startle you because they would jump out of the water and they must have be...