By-the-Wind Sailors return to North Coast shore

By-the-Wind Sailors return to North Coast shore

Velella Velella or By-the-Wind Sailors are gelatinous creatures that wash up along the West Coast, and recently, they have been washing up along the North Coast, including Cayucos.They have that little thing that sticks up, which is sort of like a sail and they use that to essentially catch the wind to blow them around out in the open ocean, said Benjamin Ruttenberg, Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences director.Ruttenberg told KSBY News …