Captain Dans Around the Island Tours

05/01/2025

Saw it twice, and had time to haul it in, so we secured it at the dock. Dunno what it came from, but it’s old and sturdy.

Thought about reporting it to the USCG, but was just as easy to clean it up ourselves.

We’ll hack it up and haul it off in the next week or so. Solving problems before they become mine.

04/30/2025

Ready for more Bigfoot photos?



#27 Taco

Out in our Foal Patrol with Darcy Cole and spotted a fresh baby with Chief’s band. Waiting for it to come out of the woods.

04/29/2025

Little breezy today, but we managed to get 2 trips in. Riptide, Twist, and Chief were the best views of the day.

Looks like light winds for Wednesday and Thursday, and then the wind machine cranks back up in time for the weekend 🙄

04/29/2025

It was indeed a foal, and not “Bigfoot”.

#24

Foal #24 is here!
Tawny Treasure & Hidalgo
Chestnut with Star Filly
First seen 4/28/25

04/28/2025

Great foal spotting the past few days! I’ve not been taking a lot of photos lately, need to keep my camera out, but these are some highlights from the last 2 days. Flower and Seaside Miracle.

04/28/2025

It ain’t much, but we found a new foal with Hidalgo’s band this morning, while on “Foal Patrol with Darcy Cole” .

It’s a “Bigfoot” style photo, but that’s a solid colored foal standing next to the pony laying down. No known solid foals have been reported with Hildago yet 🤷‍♂️

Film at 11.

04/27/2025

Too windy for me to cruise today (NW 15-20 gust to 30mph). But I’m down here sorting inventory in the swag wagon, and getting it setup for the season.

Not a-lot of merch yet, but I’ve got foal patrol hoodies and T’s, Capt. Dan’s sunglasses, and hats. We need to work on a design for Capt. Dan’s shirts and hoodies, but I’m not sure what I want.

Since I’m usually slam busy running the boat, the plan is for my daughter Charlotte to mind the store. So it’ll have irregular hours, or hours that are different than our cruising schedule anyway.

04/26/2025

Tough start to the day today. Got slam aground, and lost an engine, so we had to get out and push. Thankfully Abby was able to run up to Thornes Marine and get me a new IACV, so we were back to normal by 1pm.

Thanks for the photos Cheryl!

04/24/2025

Abby pulled out all my work shirts today, ironed and starched the collars. I’ll be looking sharp this weekend 🤩

04/22/2025

Hot today, chilly tomorrow!! Cheap cold wx prep advice from your frugal Captain. 🥶

I’m about 2 weeks past due for a haircut, I’m like 6” taller with that hairdo!!

04/20/2025

Great wx, and good pony sightings today!Even spotted a few dolphin on our way in from the 4pm trip. 🐬 (I can’t take credit for the dolphin sighting, I’d have blown right by them, one of my guests had his dolphin eye in the horizon).

04/18/2025

#13 Bella

Foal #13 is here!
Bella & Legacy or Twist
(We had gotten a report that Bella was bred at Pony Penning, so we didn't expect this. We are at the Decoy Festival and will double check our records when we get home. Our recollection is that Bella was very loyal to Legacy, but she was with Twist when Legacy was at the Carnival Grounds with a limp, so Twist might be the sire. Checking our notes should confirm.)
Bay
First seen 4/18/25 by John & Karen Fontneau

04/16/2025

Just got to the boat to prep for the 1pm trip….Holy Zyrtec Batman!! That’s a lot of pollen!!!

To be fair, anytime we get any West in the wind……anything floating up or down the Chincoteague Channel get blown into my slip.

I’m sure the ppl who stay at the Hampton Inn, overlooking my dock think I’m throwing trash in the slip. Soda cans, beer bottles tree branches, etc. it’s a full time job just keeping flotsam out of there.