We have been busy readying our vessel and ourselves, and the day has arrived. Passengers from New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, UK, and Germany will be boarding the boat today and departing tonight for our first tour of 2014. Dr Rafe Payne and Rob Nawojchik will be the naturalists on this journey, and Dr Steven Swartz will join along until he arrives at his research station in Laguna San Ignacio. Wishing them fair seas and loads of whales!