" A Perfect Day"

Today is perfect. Their is no other way to describe it. Their is no wind, the sky is clear and before we leave the marina we know that their is a pod of about 6 humpback whales charging into King George Sound. We find these whales and as we follow them into Middleton Beach they start to split up into pairs. Still charging around though. We follow them as they head into Princess Royal Harbour and at times even cruising past a vessel loading wood chips in the port.  I decide to follow a pair that are heading over towards the old whale chaser in the south eastern corner of the harbor. Unfortunately though I did not get the picture I was chasing. After about 30 to 40 minutes our whales start heading out of the harbor and we notice that 1 pair has already made their way out and we have another pair behind us. As we get to the channel the whales out side the harbor turn to travel back to our whales. Now the whales behind us are catching up and the 6 are all together again. At times as these whale are charging around they are coming so close to us that passengers are getting covered with smelly whale breath. We stay with these whales as they head out towards Gull Rock and we leave them when we get close to a anchored wood chip ship.
"Think Whales Think Albany"
"Master of the vessel Silver Star II" Paul Guest