Re: Whale and Dolphin hunting
« Reply #1 on: Jun 27th, 2004, 12:35am »
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I don't know but it sucks if people are killing whales and dophins again


. I know some countries like Japan still whale, or did they quit recently? I can't recall if I read anything about that or what. I love seeing whales.. one night I was sailing about 2100 just southeast of Diamondhead, Hawaii.. the stars were out, the wind was nice.. I had my foot on the tiller making small adjustments, but Luana was sailing herself... All of a sudden I heard a sound like a boiler exploding! I bolted upright and looked in the direction of the sound..and there, 20 feet off my port bow was the back of this enormous whale submerging towards the boat. In terms of scale it looked like the back of a hippo! I could see the markings and a small dorsil, and the tail, which smoothly submerged. I was sure this massive creature was about to destroy Luana if it were to hit her keel as it looked like we were going to collide, however, the whale (I learned later was a 50 foot humpback), must have "seen" the keel with his sonar and dived lower. He didn't resurface, but I seemed to feel a subsonic vibration unlike anything I've ever heard about... it felt like being on one of those vibrating massage mats, and you seemed to be able to hear something that wasn't audible (a brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)... It was either something science doesn't understand, or his sonar hitting Luana's fibreglass hull, I don't know, but it changed me forever...and was moving..
-Robin
« Last Edit: Jun 27th, 2004, 12:36am by robinsvoyage » 68.108.204.142
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