Same position as yesterday. We did some exploring yesterday. There is a sea lion rookery on one of the nearby islands. We have been catching glimpses of the odd sea lion here and there but decided to dinghy over to the area and see if we could see some and get some pics. Long cold dinghy ride but well worth it. We saw quite a few sitting on the rocks. As we started to get closer they started to get rather aggressive so we kept our distance. There was one huge male that was obviously the dominant male as he was almost twice the size of the others. We nicknamed him Jabba the Hutt. The pictures we have show he is big but not as scary as in real life. Late in the evening the crews from the boats who are here gathered and we had a small bonfire on the beach.
Two of the boats left this morning to take advantage of the wind. Three boats stayed behind as we felt though the wind would be useful the easterly on the other side of it would make the anchorage at Kiska pretty unattractive. So we are holding out for another weather window hoping for something better after the easterlies blow through.
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| dinghy ride to the rookery |
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| bunch of sea lions in the water |
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| big alpha male working his way up the rocks ..... |
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| ........ and the rest of them made way for him |
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