How many times have you slipped into the water, hoping, wishing, praying that you might get the chance to see a dolphin during the upcoming dive? I know I have. Unfortunately for me, the only time I've ever seen dolphins on a dive is when I went snorkeling off Bimini with the express purpose of finding and snorkeling with dolphins. And even then, we motored around for hours until we finally found a pod. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to find dolphins more easily?
According to his trip report, Simon Rogerson recently went on a dive trip with Jim Abernathy, who's hatched a clever plan for ensuring -- well, for helping to increase the chances -- that divers will get to see dolphins. Using a FIB -- a flying inflatable boat with wings and a giant propeller -- Abernathy launches the boat from the surface of the ocean and cruises 1000 feet in the air, looking for pods of the animals. When he finds them, he calls the coordinates in, and the boat makes its way to the animals.
What a cool idea. It sounds like almost as much fun to ride in the FIB as it does to swim with the dolphins.
