Subject: Data:Center for Oceanic Research and Education, afternoon
Yankee Fleet (yankee@tiac.net)
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:25:04 -0400
Data: Center for Oceanic Research and Education
Today's Date: 14 August 1996
Area: NSB
Trip Date: 10 August 1996, 1330-1730
Research Group: Center for Oceanic Research and Education (CORE)
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Weather: Bright, hazy
Wind speed: 6-8 knots, Wind direction: S-SW
Visibility: 8-9 kilometers, Cloud cover: 2/10ths
Sea Height: catpaw, Swell Height: 1 foot
Sightings:
1+1 Ba 1449 120 degrees, 1 mile 13813/44260 no behaviors
recorded
1 Mn 1449 210 degrees, 1 mile 13813/44260 no behaviors
recorded
1+1+1 Mn 1455-1501 13807/44254 one breaching then
travelling, others - no behaviors recorded, in area
1 Mn 1505 120 degrees, 1 mile 13808/44250 no
behaviors recorded
2 Mn 1508 270 degrees, 1 mile 13809/44250 no behaviors
recorded
2 Mn 1510-1521 13810/44249 traveling
Tribble and Fracture, ID photos (96-37J, 21-24)
1 Ba 1510 13810/44249 traveling
2 Mn 1525-1541 13817/44247 breaching, flipper
slapping, traveling
"W" and an unknown, ID photos (96-38J, 1-3)
1 Ba 1525 120 degrees 13818/44247 no behaviors recorded
1 Mn 1540-1553 13812/44246 tail breaching, travelling Siris ID photos
(96-38J, 4&5)
3 Mn 1557 50 degrees, 1 1/2 miles 13814/44247 no behaviors recorded
Trip Totals: 15 Mn; 4 Ba.