If my wife sees this she’ll make me move – she loves whales. VERY nice! Speaking of which, up near Lubec, Maine we saw finbacks that are up to 90 feet long! It makes you feel very small to be on the bow of a 30 foot powerboat and see a 90 foot whale go by about 10 feet under the boat. One of the babies (25 feet or so) saw a guy in a dory and was having a blast doing a Moby Dick imitation. He would charge the 15 foot boat full speed on the surface and duck under at the last second LOL. Joe Coquina
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of svpegasu...@gmail.com via CnC-List Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 14:27 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: svpegasu...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Orcas on Puget Sound Very cool. Knew I should have gone sailing yesterday instead of going to work. Doug Mountjoy svPegasus LF38 just west of Ballard, WA. ------ Original message------ From: Andrew Means via CnC-List Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2016 11:05 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>; Cc: Andrew Means; Subject:Stus-List Orcas on Puget Sound Yesterday we sailed to Bainbridge for lunch and, after running aground in Eagle Harbor (our depth sounder is on the fritz & I got careless), and dinner at the Harbor Island Pub we headed back into Puget Sound and were treated to this pod of Orca Whales. They came and checked us out and we sailed with them off our port beam for about 40 minutes. A number of times they swam directly under the boat, sometimes in pairs, on their backs. We saw at least one baby orca, and one patriarch with a dorsal fin at least 4ft tall. It was amazing. I’m still high from it. I’d never seen Orcas before in all my sailing on the Sound, and now we were face to face with them. Thought you guys might like to see! https://youtu.be/1MYgneDPeLk My friend’s wife Jamie shot the video (I was to agog to do anything but squeal). After this we proceeded to sail on a broad reach in light airs and perfectly flat sea on our way past West Point towards the locks. Also, a little bonus - effectively zero wait time in the locks or at the bridges on our way to and from Lake Union! Hope you’re all having amazing springs (or falls for those of us in the southern hemisphere)! -- Andrew Means S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I Seattle, WA
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