[CINC] Friday 8/14 Condor eX thrills

[Kenneth A. Tatro]

Ya, Carolyn, it never gets old.  an amazing day for ya and the folks  
on board.

Ken Tatro


On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Carolyn McCleskey wrote:

> Yes, we saw a few dolphins, a mom calf Blue pair and other Blues in  
> the area,
> including a fluking one, but the best was the pair of Humpbacks that  
> did all
> the tricks in their repertoire, breaching within 25 yds of the boat,  
> tail lobbing
> together as if they were sparring, trumpeting, covering us with  
> whale snot,
> then swimming close together around and under the boat, scratching  
> their
> bodies on the hull, spyhopping, rolling within 2 feet of the boat,  
> and just having
> so much fun that the passengers had to keep running around the boat  
> to keep
> up, for a solid 50 minutes.  Truly one of the top five memorable  
> sightings, I
> have had in 13 years, or Matt in his 15 years.  Marilyn D. on photo  
> I.D., but they
> were too close to film except for fun frames.  Paul Froemming and I  
> had to field
> lots of questions from the excited passengers, and Capt. Dave took  
> his turn at the helm while D.J.  did his best taking care of the  
> crowd.
> The kids on board especially were thrilled by the idea that probably  
> no one
> they knew had ever been that close to a whale !
> I am so grateful to be a part of CINC and share this with the  
> public.  Carolyn
>
>
>
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