Wednesday, July 21, 2010

  1. Asian carp enters Port Washington marina.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 0902 hrs


  2. Hmm, Simon Templar (check image on mainsail) should be able to handle that situation.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 0922 hrs


  3. “We’re going to need a bigger boat!”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 1006 hrs


  4. Paul Watson gets a personal thank you!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 1031 hrs


  5. Let’s see how Intrepid they are now!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 1156 hrs


  6. That’s not going to end well….

    Posted by Patrick Dorwin on July 21, 2010 at 1218 hrs


  7. Actually if you see the “after” picture in the article, the whale did some damage (about $10,000) but the boat was able to make it back to the dock under its own power.

    I enjoy whale watching - but not that much!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 1808 hrs


  8. I’m calling BS on this thing. 

    I find it highly unlikely that a “tourist” would just happen to snap a photo that perfect at that moment.

    And that the helmsman of the boat would be looking straight forward rather than flinching to the side to see the whale.  Most people would have the time to at least react slightly by the time the whale is literally in the air over the boat.

    Heck, a normal person would likely have their gaze going sideways as presumably the whale would have been alongside the boat before it jumped.  I mean why else would the “tourist” be ready to snap the perfect photo if the whales weren’t breaching next to the boat before this one jumped.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 1902 hrs


  9. “Mark Johnson, who was on the boat at when the whale landed, said, ““There was a bang and a thud, and a whale came about 12 ft out of the water and slid down the side. It was shedding barnacles from its tummy and caught itself on the rigging.”

    There’s an after picture somewhere.  I caught a glimpse of it on a TV I glanced at while walking past a store window.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 21, 2010 at 2049 hrs


  10. The boat wasn’t under power at the time - it was just drifting - so I doubt the helmsman was “driving” at the time.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 22, 2010 at 0650 hrs


  11. This link from Yahoo has a slideshow with several photos of the whale assault.  AN APB has been issued in South Africa for Rosie O’Donnell…

    http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Whale-wallops-yacht-South-Africa-whale-leaps-sea-near-Cape-Town-South-Africa-Sunday-July/ss/events/sc/072110jumpingwhale/im:/ydownload/20100721/photos_net_web_sc/1279739545/#photoViewer=/ydownload/20100721/photos_net_web_sc/1279739545

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 22, 2010 at 0733 hrs


  12. Just in time for the fish fry.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 26, 2010 at 1310 hrs


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