Sharing Perspective, image this

Awoke yesterday to a spectacular orange moon glowing surreal on the horizon, stumbling along in duties at 0332hrs, I fail to find the camera... (seen this moon before)... shortly after the gear is set I learn of a boat (the one in above photo) taking on water a few miles south of us... his engines are gone and pumps are getting delivered via CG helio service... morning was nice but weatherman predicts off again (did I mention the barometer fell)? as the lump builds and winds peak @ 30 knots southeasterly... the bite was "on" yesterday so nobody is anxious to assist the sinking packer... needing a tow. Not finding hot fishing we decide to "surf" with the wind/waves toward home, some find this active ocean frightening, others exhilarant... I think the fish like it. .... along the way while running a line happily whistlin a merry tune cresting a roller am guessing 16 feet tip to trough... ! lo & behold a HUGE (up close they are that BIG) Humpback Whale breaches nearly clear of the water not 20 feet away narrowly missing the staybilizer fin on the port pole !! and I do mean under the pole... the incredible WHUMP and splash brought my son out to watch a succesion of half breaches as this one misses tangling with trolling lines.... gotta love it !

Several years ago a beautiful old sailboat, name of the Merlin was holed and sunk by a humpback... it was raised and drydocked, somewhere in the achives I have a picture of 3 of us standing in the puncture...... we gotta wonder when these powerhouses jump so near.... an awesome wonder.
chk out the Merlin tale;
http://www.48north.com/feb2000/merlin1.htm