Blue Whales

Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read

I think the whales monitor channel 9. On 9/3/2010 4:47 PM, Howarth wrote: > Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? > > Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? > > Thanks > > Read > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3111 - Release Date: 09/03/10 02:34:00 > > -- *Joe DeMers - owner* Sound Marine Diesel LLC SoundMarineDiesel.com <http://www.soundmarinediesel.com/> *phone & fax (860) 666-2184*

For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

These are California Grays...right? From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark >From: Howarth >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM >Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales > > >Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them >tomorrow. How many miles out? > >Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? > >Thanks > >Read > > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 5421 (20100903) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

My understanding is that Blues are 3 times the size of the grays in displacment and their numbers are very low.. 18k is the number given of the grays and about 3000 Blues are still living. My Best, Mike From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark >From: mike farrell >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales > > >These are California Grays...right? > > > > From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales > > > > >For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room >window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many >between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the >spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every >time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching >boats taking advantage of the event. >Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. >I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. >Mark >----- Original Message ----- >>From: Howarth >>To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM >>Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales >> >> >>Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them >>tomorrow. How many miles out? >> >>Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? >> >>Thanks >> >>Read >> >> >> >>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >>database 5421 (20100903) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 5421 (20100903) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

WOW! From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark >From: mike farrell >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales > > >These are California Grays...right? > > > > From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales > > > > >For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room >window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many >between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the >spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every >time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching >boats taking advantage of the event. >Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. >I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. >Mark >----- Original Message ----- >>From: Howarth >>To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM >>Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales >> >> >>Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them >>tomorrow. How many miles out? >> >>Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? >> >>Thanks >> >>Read >> >> >> >>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >>database 5421 (20100903) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 5421 (20100903) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Joe- Thanks I will monitor Channel 9 ;-) --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Joe DeMers <jedsail@...> wrote: > > I think the whales monitor channel 9. > > > On 9/3/2010 4:47 PM, Howarth wrote: > > Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? > > > > Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? > > > > Thanks > > > > Read > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3111 - Release Date: 09/03/10 02:34:00 > > > > > > -- > > *Joe DeMers - owner* > > Sound Marine Diesel LLC > > SoundMarineDiesel.com <http://www.soundmarinediesel.com/> > > *phone & fax (860) 666-2184* >

Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

We saw the Blue Whales we went in search of yesterday. They were amazing. I will try to post a picture on the site. Read

Mark, I wasn't disappointed. We saw one huge blue, steaming his way in the opposite direction of the regatta (north), about 300 yards seaward of us, where he neatly swam right between two big cruising class boats. Shortly afterwards, as we approached Palos Verdes, I spotted a big 50 plus foot cabin cruiser on a collision course with us. I held my course and he slowlly veared away to my port side, then slowly spun around in a 360 as we passed him. There were two blue whales, spouting. I believe since they were so close together, one was a mother, the other a young-un. They spouted and surfaced repeatedly, showing off their distinctive little dorsal fin, every 30- 45 seconds, then disappeared completely. I tried to take a movie of it, but by then we were rapidly receding from the scene, and then the memory card shut down (finally filled to overflowing!) so I don't know if I caught any of the action. Yes, more than happy to sail with you. I'm berthed in MdR on Mindanao Way. Oh yes, in the cruising class, they combined the over 30', under 30' and spinnaker boats, tossed out all the rating adjustments giving everyone just their base rating, and we ended up with third place overall, and a miniature skull attired with pirate regalia and a flintlock pistol as a trophy. Jerry --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:30 AM  Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? Thanks Read Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Jerry, You and Read had an awsome experience with the Blue Whales! Although, we have seen the Blue's from the house fairly often for the last few months, there is nothing like being up close and to feel the excitement of such an enormous creature. Read called me up to tell me they had seen some and suddenly right then and there ...there she blows....I thought the cell phone was surly going in the drink. I could hear a boat load of excitement. It would be great if we could post some of our photographic experiences...shots taken while on the boat for all to enjoy. Are there any Blue Whales on the East Coast? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, I wasn't disappointed. We saw one huge blue, steaming his way in the opposite direction of the regatta (north), about 300 yards seaward of us, where he neatly swam right between two big cruising class boats. Shortly afterwards, as we approached Palos Verdes, I spotted a big 50 plus foot cabin cruiser on a collision course with us. I held my course and he slowlly veared away to my port side, then slowly spun around in a 360 as we passed him. There were two blue whales, spouting. I believe since they were so close together, one was a mother, the other a young-un. They spouted and surfaced repeatedly, showing off their distinctive little dorsal fin, every 30- 45 seconds, then disappeared completely. I tried to take a movie of it, but by then we were rapidly receding from the scene, and then the memory card shut down (finally filled to overflowing!) so I don't know if I caught any of the action. Yes, more than happy to sail with you. I'm berthed in MdR on Mindanao Way. Oh yes, in the cruising class, they combined the over 30', under 30' and spinnaker boats, tossed out all the rating adjustments giving everyone just their base rating, and we ended up with third place overall, and a miniature skull attired with pirate regalia and a flintlock pistol as a trophy. Jerry --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:30 AM  Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? 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Mark, No joy with the video of the whales(camera was out of storage), but, in the process of fooling around with the camera I did figure out how to delete photos from my mate's camera. By the time I got the camera out of the cabin, we were pretty much out of range of the little critters, but you could have seen some spouting. We sailed back the next day and saw no sign of any whales, and we had spent several hours tacking off shore from Pt. Fermin up towards Point Vicente...wondering why we didn't seem to be getting anywhere, we discovered that there is better than a one knot current going south! It was getting dark and late, and the weather was socked in all day anyway, and at 5:30PM we turned on the Iron Genny (no stinker in ME boat, heh heh!) and got on with the return cruise. --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 5:40 PM  Jerry, You and Read had an awsome experience with the Blue Whales! Although, we have seen the Blue's from the house fairly often for the last few months, there is nothing like being up close and to feel the excitement of such an enormous creature. Read called me up to tell me they had seen some and suddenly right then and there ...there she blows....I thought the cell phone was surly going in the drink. I could hear a boat load of excitement. It would be great if we could post some of our photographic experiences...shots taken while on the boat for all to enjoy. Are there any Blue Whales on the East Coast? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, I wasn't disappointed. We saw one huge blue, steaming his way in the opposite direction of the regatta (north), about 300 yards seaward of us, where he neatly swam right between two big cruising class boats. Shortly afterwards, as we approached Palos Verdes, I spotted a big 50 plus foot cabin cruiser on a collision course with us. I held my course and he slowlly veared away to my port side, then slowly spun around in a 360 as we passed him. There were two blue whales, spouting. I believe since they were so close together, one was a mother, the other a young-un. They spouted and surfaced repeatedly, showing off their distinctive little dorsal fin, every 30- 45 seconds, then disappeared completely. I tried to take a movie of it, but by then we were rapidly receding from the scene, and then the memory card shut down (finally filled to overflowing!) so I don't know if I caught any of the action. Yes, more than happy to sail with you. I'm berthed in MdR on Mindanao Way. Oh yes, in the cruising class, they combined the over 30', under 30' and spinnaker boats, tossed out all the rating adjustments giving everyone just their base rating, and we ended up with third place overall, and a miniature skull attired with pirate regalia and a flintlock pistol as a trophy. Jerry --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:30 AM  Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? 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Jerry, Point Vencente is a Museum and the best place in So. Cal to spot Whales usually Gray's. Sailing up the inside of the breakwater from Long Beach with a Westerly we take long tacks up and shorter tacks out until we can kiss the kelp bed at Los Angeles light. Then we take very short tacks up the outside of the breakwater passed the jetty and up to the two life guard buoy's tack onto Starboard to Point Fermin, just be careful not to get trapped inside of the kelp bed and watch out for a bubbling table reef especially if surf is up some distance inside of the Point Fermin buoy. Short-med. length tacks up the coast and as you get around Point Vincente the wind usually lightens up into Redondo Beach. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, No joy with the video of the whales(camera was out of storage), but, in the process of fooling around with the camera I did figure out how to delete photos from my mate's camera. By the time I got the camera out of the cabin, we were pretty much out of range of the little critters, but you could have seen some spouting. We sailed back the next day and saw no sign of any whales, and we had spent several hours tacking off shore from Pt. Fermin up towards Point Vicente...wondering why we didn't seem to be getting anywhere, we discovered that there is better than a one knot current going south! It was getting dark and late, and the weather was socked in all day anyway, and at 5:30PM we turned on the Iron Genny (no stinker in ME boat, heh heh!) and got on with the return cruise. --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 5:40 PM  Jerry, You and Read had an awsome experience with the Blue Whales! Although, we have seen the Blue's from the house fairly often for the last few months, there is nothing like being up close and to feel the excitement of such an enormous creature. Read called me up to tell me they had seen some and suddenly right then and there ...there she blows....I thought the cell phone was surly going in the drink. I could hear a boat load of excitement. It would be great if we could post some of our photographic experiences...shots taken while on the boat for all to enjoy. Are there any Blue Whales on the East Coast? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, I wasn't disappointed. We saw one huge blue, steaming his way in the opposite direction of the regatta (north), about 300 yards seaward of us, where he neatly swam right between two big cruising class boats. Shortly afterwards, as we approached Palos Verdes, I spotted a big 50 plus foot cabin cruiser on a collision course with us. I held my course and he slowlly veared away to my port side, then slowly spun around in a 360 as we passed him. There were two blue whales, spouting. I believe since they were so close together, one was a mother, the other a young-un. They spouted and surfaced repeatedly, showing off their distinctive little dorsal fin, every 30- 45 seconds, then disappeared completely. I tried to take a movie of it, but by then we were rapidly receding from the scene, and then the memory card shut down (finally filled to overflowing!) so I don't know if I caught any of the action. Yes, more than happy to sail with you. I'm berthed in MdR on Mindanao Way. Oh yes, in the cruising class, they combined the over 30', under 30' and spinnaker boats, tossed out all the rating adjustments giving everyone just their base rating, and we ended up with third place overall, and a miniature skull attired with pirate regalia and a flintlock pistol as a trophy. Jerry --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:30 AM  Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! -------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? ------------------------------------------------ From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? 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Mark, That's what we were doing on our return sail Sunday, except we were probably tacking on ten minute legs. My boat doesn't point that well, but, out bound from the parking lot below the light we noticed our wake was quickly drifting back down the coast, and we confirmed that, after reaching the light house and turning on the motor, that we were making about a knot and a quarter less than we should have according to the GPS, so we opened up the throttle a bit more till we cleared buoy R 10 by the ship wreck. We were sailing about as close to the various rocks as we felt prudent. We left Los Alamitos at 12:30 PM, figuring it was too late to make it back to Marina del Rey, thinking we'd go sight seeing and make the return sail on Monday. But the visibility was pretty poor, and the winds at first seemed favorable to make the trip all the way under sail, so we decided to capitalize on the distance we'd made up to Angel's Gate, and 'go for it'. Unfortunately, the wind direction is different south of Pt. Fermin than it is north of it, so what would have been an easy close reach up to Pt. Vicente turned into an upwind slog against a strong current. I'm also wondering, is the current speed faster close to land faster than it is than say, half a mile out? When we sighted the Bues going South on Saturday, we were about a mile north of R-10. I discovered and visited the Whaling museum early last Spring, and at the time they were doing a survey of the whales heading north along the coast. I got a good look at the whale boats, just amazing what our ancestors use to haul down these sea monsters, and the little boats that the crew of the Essex, after it was rammed by an angry Sperm Whale used to sail thousands of miles across the equator, mostly upwind, towards Chile in 1820, dying of thirst and hunger along the way. Jerry --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:20 AM  Jerry, Point Vencente is a Museum and the best place in So. Cal to spot Whales usually Gray's. Sailing up the inside of the breakwater from Long Beach with a Westerly we take long tacks up and shorter tacks out until we can kiss the kelp bed at Los Angeles light. Then we take very short tacks up the outside of the breakwater passed the jetty and up to the two life guard buoy's tack onto Starboard to Point Fermin, just be careful not to get trapped inside of the kelp bed and watch out for a bubbling table reef especially if surf is up some distance inside of the Point Fermin buoy. Short-med. length tacks up the coast and as you get around Point Vincente the wind usually lightens up into Redondo Beach. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, No joy with the video of the whales(camera was out of storage), but, in the process of fooling around with the camera I did figure out how to delete photos from my mate's camera. By the time I got the camera out of the cabin, we were pretty much out of range of the little critters, but you could have seen some spouting. We sailed back the next day and saw no sign of any whales, and we had spent several hours tacking off shore from Pt. Fermin up towards Point Vicente...wondering why we didn't seem to be getting anywhere, we discovered that there is better than a one knot current going south! It was getting dark and late, and the weather was socked in all day anyway, and at 5:30PM we turned on the Iron Genny (no stinker in ME boat, heh heh!) and got on with the return cruise. --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 5:40 PM  Jerry, You and Read had an awsome experience with the Blue Whales! Although, we have seen the Blue's from the house fairly often for the last few months, there is nothing like being up close and to feel the excitement of such an enormous creature. Read called me up to tell me they had seen some and suddenly right then and there ...there she blows....I thought the cell phone was surly going in the drink. I could hear a boat load of excitement. It would be great if we could post some of our photographic experiences...shots taken while on the boat for all to enjoy. Are there any Blue Whales on the East Coast? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1:32 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales(Mark) Mark, I wasn't disappointed. We saw one huge blue, steaming his way in the opposite direction of the regatta (north), about 300 yards seaward of us, where he neatly swam right between two big cruising class boats. Shortly afterwards, as we approached Palos Verdes, I spotted a big 50 plus foot cabin cruiser on a collision course with us. I held my course and he slowlly veared away to my port side, then slowly spun around in a 360 as we passed him. There were two blue whales, spouting. I believe since they were so close together, one was a mother, the other a young-un. They spouted and surfaced repeatedly, showing off their distinctive little dorsal fin, every 30- 45 seconds, then disappeared completely. I tried to take a movie of it, but by then we were rapidly receding from the scene, and then the memory card shut down (finally filled to overflowing!) so I don't know if I caught any of the action. Yes, more than happy to sail with you. I'm berthed in MdR on Mindanao Way. Oh yes, in the cruising class, they combined the over 30', under 30' and spinnaker boats, tossed out all the rating adjustments giving everyone just their base rating, and we ended up with third place overall, and a miniature skull attired with pirate regalia and a flintlock pistol as a trophy. Jerry --- On Sat, 9/4/10, Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> wrote: From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:30 AM  Jerry, keep your eye out for the Blue Whales, they seem to be coming up the coast and spread out over many miles. The day before yesterday they were all over the place and every chance I got I peeked out and spotted many. Yesterday, I observed for about 20 minutes and did not see one. Are you out of MDR? I would love to come up for a sail/race sometime and happy to reciprocate with any Cal member. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Sobel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales That means I should see some whales tomorrow. I'm doing the Outlaw Regatta, from Marina del Rey to Los Alamitos Marina. Maybe I can catch a bow wave or something, as we round Pt. Vicente, round Pt. Fermin, and cross Hurricane Gulch. Jerry Sobel, Cal 24 Olde, Shpritz. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: mike farrell <ve… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:36 PM WOW! From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 4:13:22 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales According to our observations and the Newspaper, I believe that they are Blue and they appear to be heading up the coast. Since we are a South facing beach they are heading West for now. The Grays will be heading towards Mexico. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: mike farrell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales These are California Grays...right? From: Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) <ma… [at] cox.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, September 3, 2010 2:57:56 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales For the past month there have been hundreds going past my living room window....some days its so good I can't keep up with them there are so many between Point Fermin and Whites Point in San Pedro. It is spectacular to see the spouts 180 deg across the channel with Santa Catalina in the background. Every time I scan across I spot a different group. I have seen very few whale watching boats taking advantage of the event. Tip: don't take your eyes off the water, keep scanning until you see the spout. I estimate activity from about 1 mi. or less to about 10 mi. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Howarth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Blue Whales Has anyone seen Blue Whales off Palos Verdes recently? Hoping to see them tomorrow. How many miles out? Any Tips? Radio channels to monitor? 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