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#31
07-23-2010, 05:30 PM
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| Yup... giving whales a good berth seems to be a good idea. It's illegal to approach anywhere near "right whales" where I'm from. I've had a "pilot whale" surface about 50 feet ahead of my bow, in a very small channel, then swim right under my keel and surface just astern of the boat. This, in a channel you could hardly fit a second boat through. I was very near land and was scared the whale would be injured on my keel. It seems they like to play with boats sometimes and don't know their own strength.
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#32
07-23-2010, 05:33 PM
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| I've had pods of dolphins play very near my boat in tight channels, such as the waters east of Cayo Costa. I was very happy they did not contact my propeller.
__________________ Hoyt "Lightning is very selective and will not strike crap." Wynand N "We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy" UN IPCC Official |
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#33
07-23-2010, 05:57 PM
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#34
07-23-2010, 07:34 PM
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| he probably these are fake too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZzJGM661D0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCWx...eature=channel |
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#35
07-23-2010, 08:27 PM
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| Quote:
__________________ "All one has to do is follow the plans and build in no permanent leaks." -Charles Minor Blackford, on the simplicity of building flat bottomed boats |
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#36
07-23-2010, 09:22 PM
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| video of whale hitting boat from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wor...iew.cnn?hpt=C2
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#37
07-24-2010, 12:53 AM
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| That settles that! |
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#38
07-25-2010, 04:07 PM
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| I guess the Right Whale had the Right of Way I watched the Home Video on TV and it simply is a case of the Sailboat being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bad Mojo. He was on a Starboard tack and as everyone knows The sailing rule that dictates that a sailing vessel on starboard tack is the stand on vessel is as old as any other regulation. So the Wale was clearly at fault. Here is a pic of My Boat the 30 ft "Rainbow Chaser" upon which I would transport six to 8 18 ft Sea Kayaks out 10 to 20 miles Offshore out of Gloucester on one of my Famous Kayack Whale Watch Trips on Stellwagon Bank. Thw Whale is a FinBack. We also have Humpbacks & Porpouses as well as Right Whales around NewEngland. ***********************  |
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#39
07-31-2010, 03:46 PM
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| I like whales. But I can't muster up any enthusiasm for hanging around them up close and personal in a kayak... to each his own, I guess.
__________________ "All one has to do is follow the plans and build in no permanent leaks." -Charles Minor Blackford, on the simplicity of building flat bottomed boats |
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#40
07-31-2010, 08:53 PM
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| A finback? You don't sei...? |
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#41
08-01-2010, 04:43 PM
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| Ooh sei can you see? There's a whale beneath thee, And the way he doth blow, Means that you better roow.
__________________ Hoyt "Lightning is very selective and will not strike crap." Wynand N "We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy" UN IPCC Official |
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