These giants came to visit yesterday. They appeared in our wake and then settled in for 10 minutes on our stern quarter. They were almost touching the hull.We saw these 5 metre long giants leaping clean out of the water. That behaviour, and the scars on their backs, confirmed that these were false killer whales which are actually a species of dolphin that frequent deep oceanic tropical waters.
Sally and Simon left Scotland in 2015 on board Shimshal to begin a slow circumnavigation taking in various high latitude destinations. After 3 seasons in Greenland we sailed south to Lewisporte in northern Newfoundland. In 2019 we cruised the Canadian Maritimes. In 2022 & 23 we cruised via New England, Chesapeake, Florida, Cuba, Cayman, Providencia to Bocas del Toro. In late 2023 we transited the Panama Canal in readiness of a Pacific crossing in 2024.
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Tuesday 2 April 2024
False Killer Whales
These giants came to visit yesterday. They appeared in our wake and then settled in for 10 minutes on our stern quarter. They were almost touching the hull.We saw these 5 metre long giants leaping clean out of the water. That behaviour, and the scars on their backs, confirmed that these were false killer whales which are actually a species of dolphin that frequent deep oceanic tropical waters.