Today we went on a whale watching cruise! We sailed on the America, a replica of a 139-foot yacht that won the historic, Royal Yacht Squadron's "100 Guinea Cup" race around the Isle of Wight. The trophy was donated to the New York Yacht Club to be held as a challenge trophy, which came to be known as the America's Cup.
For the majority of the trip we followed a pair of whales who the crew on the ship said probably hadn't eaten in months! The gray whales swim down to warmer waters to mate and then swim back north to feed. The following year they swim down to have the babies and then swim back pregnant again potentially. When the whales would come up they spray water out of the blow hole 2 times then often swim for a while without coming up- up to 3-4 minutes. "Thar she blows!" is what you yell when you see one:)
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