Ghosts

Around 2AM, I heard a blow.  T was asleep in the aft cabin and Madison was asleep up front.  The engine was chugging along, pushing us from Mulege to San Carlos.  I first thought !whale! and because of horror stories we've heard about sailboats hitting whales, I scanned our path ahead.  Then to port I saw six streaks of greenish glow shoot towards the bow, swimming in parallel.  Dolphins!  One started flopping, repeatedly smacking its tail on the water.  I left the ship on autopilot and walked forward and hitched my arm around the jib.  Smaller fish were darting left and right while a large dolphin swam the in the bow wake.  Then splash!!, a dolphin hit the surface after an epic jump.  They swam away, and then they were back, always shrouded in bioluminescence, giving the appearance of glowing ghosts.  After about 10 minutes of enjoying the show, they disappeared.  I waited a minute or two and then walked back to the cockpit with a smile on my face.  I settled behind the wheel, and I heard something off the starboard beam.  Three dolphins jumped out of the water in unison.  I watched them peak and then crash back into the water, and I laughed out loud.