As we were driving from Cromwell to Queenstown the LLW launched a complaint about the blog. It would appear that your illustrious blogger has failed to mention the musical tastes of Hector's Dolphins in and around Akaroa Harbour.
Well let us try to correct this awful error. As you will recall the dynamic duo sailed with the vintage Ketch Fox II in search of wildlife at Akaroa,
What I failed to mention was that the skipper of said vessel, explained that the dolphins, and apparently Hector's Dolphins in particular, were great aficionados of certain sailing related songs and so we were treated to a playlist which included Sailing (Rod Stewart), Waltzing Matilda (unknown), Sailing to Philadelphia (Marc Knopfler and James Taylor) and The Wild Rover (the Dubliners).
Whether it is true or not that the dolphins like music, they certainly did appear and all on board enjoyed the musical interlude.
Sailing in a vintage ketch on the Pacific Ocean and listening to the Dubliners sing the folk club favourite the Wild Rover with all passengers joining in was a memorable experience.
Footnote: the song Sailing to Philadelphia, which I would recommend to you, (written by Marc Knopler) tells a fascinating tale of two Brits, Mason and Dixon who sailed to Philadelphia to survey and establish the Mason-Dixon line to resolve a territorial dispute involving the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The line cemented its place in history when Pennsylvania abolished slavery in 1781 and the Mason-Dixon line became the border between "slave and free states".
Well let us try to correct this awful error. As you will recall the dynamic duo sailed with the vintage Ketch Fox II in search of wildlife at Akaroa,
What I failed to mention was that the skipper of said vessel, explained that the dolphins, and apparently Hector's Dolphins in particular, were great aficionados of certain sailing related songs and so we were treated to a playlist which included Sailing (Rod Stewart), Waltzing Matilda (unknown), Sailing to Philadelphia (Marc Knopfler and James Taylor) and The Wild Rover (the Dubliners).
Whether it is true or not that the dolphins like music, they certainly did appear and all on board enjoyed the musical interlude.
Sailing in a vintage ketch on the Pacific Ocean and listening to the Dubliners sing the folk club favourite the Wild Rover with all passengers joining in was a memorable experience.
Footnote: the song Sailing to Philadelphia, which I would recommend to you, (written by Marc Knopler) tells a fascinating tale of two Brits, Mason and Dixon who sailed to Philadelphia to survey and establish the Mason-Dixon line to resolve a territorial dispute involving the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The line cemented its place in history when Pennsylvania abolished slavery in 1781 and the Mason-Dixon line became the border between "slave and free states".
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