The Revenge of the Whales

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Hi everyone…

This special post is brought to you by WHALES!

This past Sunday morning, as we were plowing our way from Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket, we heard the Coast Guard on the radio, responding to a report that whales were breaching. As a mariner, you are expected to report all whale sightings to the Coast Guard, but I had never really heard it done.

We could only hear one half of the conversation: “Affirmative, Captain. You are reporting whales breaching. What is your location?” We couldn’t hear the answer, but I said, “As soon as he responds, there will be 50 boats in the area.”

We thought no more of it. Spent yesterday in the whaling museum. Learned how whaling was America’s first global enterprise, with our ships sailing all over the world. Seeing that amazing whale skeleton.

Then, this morning, we saw a news feed about a whale breaching and landing on a boat in Plymouth Harbor on Sunday morning at 10 AM! So cool to have actually heard it real time.