Great Whale Watches — pat morss

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Since Cape Ann’s whale watch season has begun, I thought I would share some of our past experiences.

‘Puck’ was a favorite in 1982 – named for the hockey stick on his tail fluke.
Nose-to-nose. “Why do you call me Puck”?
Checking us out at close quarters, and diving under the boat.
Capt Fred Douglass founded the local whale watch industry in 1979.
It’s special seeing humbacks feed, using their baleen as a sieve, 1983.
Not every whale watch ends well. The newest ‘Daunty’ burned and sank in 1997.
Whales slap their flippers to communicate, and to wave us goodbye, 2006.
Humpbacks breaching totally out of water is thrilling to see, 2006.
In 2013 we had an experimental ferry from Gloucester to Provincetown.
With whale watching in both directions on Stellwagen Bank. More feeding.
Ocean Alliance introduced their ‘SnotBot’ technology in 2016; Dr Iain Kerr holds the drone.
The whales were close, so our harbor cruise turned into a surprise whale watch.
The easiest whale watch is viewed from our house, this time in 2020.
Today’s whale ambassadors are Cape Ann Whale Watch and 7 Seas Whale Watch.
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