Monday, October 8, 2007
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We woke up at Roche—Anne and Alex prepared scrambled eggs with real
New York bagels sent over by Alex’s mother. Ash was leader-of-the-day and got the ball rolling, giving us a quick navigation and systems overview. There were many reports of whales along the west coast of
San Juan island, so after breakfast and a few logistical phone calls regarding boat parts, we motored out. The main sail was taped back together underway, as we continued to listen for updates on whale whereabouts. The whales were south of Eagle Point. So, we grabbed lunch on the fly (more NY bagels, ramen, hard boiled eggs) as we approached J1—that guy, the
San Juan celebrity. We caught up with members of J and L pods and deployed both the high frequency hydrophone and the hydrophone array. After a little troubleshooting with the deployments, we heard a cornucopia of clicks, a cacophony of calls, and a (small) wealth of whistles. Alex took surveys for SoundWatch, and then Tim recorded drive-by vessel noise with Explorathor. By this point, the whales had moved west. We still had to sew our main sail and the winds were predicted to pick up tonight (25-35 knots), so we motored north to Garrison, to meet up with Jason to exchange data backed up the Gato Verde hard drive for a fan belt. We dropped anchor off British camp and settled in to sew and study our data collected from the afternoon.
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