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islander
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Initially Posted - 10/09/2015 :  07:41:28  Show Profile
First we had Dolphins, Now Whales. These where in my harbor. Just unheard of around here. This summer we had a huge amounts of bait fish around.Sometimes having to sail through large pods of them. I guess this is whats attracting them.http://patch.com/new-york/portwashington/see-humpback-whales-new-mascots-hempstead-harbor
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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Response Posted - 10/09/2015 :  08:10:06  Show Profile
Very cool! Wish I had Sarge down in Darien this weekend!

The last whale I knew of in LIS was a Beluga that liked to swim alongside sailboats, including one belonging to a friend of mine. Then somebody apparently decided it would be fun to shoot it.



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Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 10/09/2015 08:17:49
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/09/2015 :  16:57:02  Show Profile
Seems that there have been sightings all over LI Sound this year. You can almost walk on the bunker bait fish they're so dense. Our Dept of Envir Prot said that we should give marine mammals a lot of leeway.
They prefer sailboats to power - likely due to the sounds they produce. I'm still on the lookout but they were spotted several weeks ago in Milford Harbor. I'll be out in Port Jeff on Sunday - I hope to see them! Best I can do is watch the YouTube videos.
Bruce Ross
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/09/2015 :  19:50:35  Show Profile
I hope s/he is OK--I have to believe s/he made a wrong turn into The Race and ran into a virtual dead-end in L.I.S., where Hempstead is close to the end. They are not familiar with this place as they are, for example, with the Gulf of California in Mexico. I have a bad feeling about this one...
Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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