Heading North, Llandudno is part of a larger coast line and before Camps Bay and Cape Town proper.
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-antartic-white-bird-sighted-in.html
I have posted rare species seen close to our waters and shoreline before, the white Antartic bird and the Leopard Seal being two of them.
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-seal-on-hout-bay-marina.html
The year we saw the whales was 1979, either February or March, it was a Sunday and I was with my wife Jean, daughter Lorna and a number of others on a steel yacht around 55 feet long. I think we had the mainsail up and the engine was powering us in the direction of Sandy Bay.
An ex HBYC flag officer, Tony Page, was the skipper that day, Simone Notman will have been aboard too. We saw movement in the water off the starboard side of the boat and not that far off either.
We soon saw it was an Orca or killer whale with a calf, Tony sensibly turned the helm to port steering away and headed back to what he saw as safer waters.
Lorna was at her Camps Primary School the next day, monday being the day the pupils were invited to say what they had seen or had done over the weekend? Lorna told of the sighting of killer whales, the teacher decided this was impossible in our waters and told her so.
What that teacher did not know is that I had a home super 8 cine camera with me and filmed the whole event!
Note, the pictures I have used are not from the cine film I took.
http://www.whalesbc.com/orca_killer_whales.html
The killer whale (Orcinus orca), also referred to as the orca whale or orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, walruses, and even large whales. Killer whales are regarded as apex predators, lacking natural predators.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the info above.
I still have that reel of Super 8 film does anyone know how I can convert it to a CD?
There is another with me dressed in Sudan's national costume and with a turban on my head, riding a Camel but thats another story!
Roy
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-antartic-white-bird-sighted-in.html
I have posted rare species seen close to our waters and shoreline before, the white Antartic bird and the Leopard Seal being two of them.
http://ckdboats.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-seal-on-hout-bay-marina.html
The year we saw the whales was 1979, either February or March, it was a Sunday and I was with my wife Jean, daughter Lorna and a number of others on a steel yacht around 55 feet long. I think we had the mainsail up and the engine was powering us in the direction of Sandy Bay.
An ex HBYC flag officer, Tony Page, was the skipper that day, Simone Notman will have been aboard too. We saw movement in the water off the starboard side of the boat and not that far off either.
We soon saw it was an Orca or killer whale with a calf, Tony sensibly turned the helm to port steering away and headed back to what he saw as safer waters.
Lorna was at her Camps Primary School the next day, monday being the day the pupils were invited to say what they had seen or had done over the weekend? Lorna told of the sighting of killer whales, the teacher decided this was impossible in our waters and told her so.
What that teacher did not know is that I had a home super 8 cine camera with me and filmed the whole event!
Note, the pictures I have used are not from the cine film I took.
http://www.whalesbc.com/orca_killer_whales.html
Thanks to Wikipedia for the info above.
I still have that reel of Super 8 film does anyone know how I can convert it to a CD?
There is another with me dressed in Sudan's national costume and with a turban on my head, riding a Camel but thats another story!
Roy
