[CINC] CX trip 5-19

[Larry Driscoll]

The trip on the Condor on Friday had about 45 hardy passengers who decided to come aboard after Cpt. Dave's talk about the conditions on the water.  Countries represented were the US, Germany, Russia, France, Denmark, and Ireland.  

We started out by going up the coast to Coal Oil Point and saw about 250 common dolphins, but no whales.  Then the crossing began to the area where the whales had been feeding for the last few days, out by SRI.  The winds on the channel were a steady 20-25 kts with gusts up to 30-40 kts.  Seas were running about 6-8'.  When we got to the feeding grounds we saw 9 humpbacks including a calf!  We also encountered 2 blues.  The viewing conditions were not good, but all the passengers were delighted.  I even had a few people tell me they thought the heavy seas made the trip even more "exciting."

Naturalists on the boat along with me were Lisa Angle and Marilyn Dannehower.

Thanks to Capt. Dave and Crew Mat and Dennis for a great trip in difficult conditions.
 
Larry Driscoll
larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net
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