Dolphins Rescued in Brazil

No experience is quite like hanging over the side of your boat as a pod of dolphin squirm and play and splash in your bow wake — the sheer joy they so clearly take in showing off can’t help but be contagious. For centuries mariners and landspeople alike have held the creatures in high esteem for their intelligence and outgoing personalities, so it’s particularly difficult to hear stories of dolphins beaching themselves for no apparent reason.

But one such beaching in Brazil had a happy ending on Monday. A short but riveting video showing the entire event — from the dolphins swimming in toward shore, beaching themselves and then being helped back to deep water — went viral over the last week. While not exactly sailing related, it certainly did our sailing hearts good to know this pod will live to splash in someone else’s bow wake.