JJ Rowers

Date: 20 Jun 2009 10:49:19

Title: Close Encounters - Day 60

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Close Encounters – Day 60

What would you do if two whales longer than your boat start circling around you and then, hopefully out of curiosity, they nudged the bow? This is what happened to Jamie and James this week. Believe it or not, the rowing stopped as these enormous (30 metres plus) creatures weaved about the boat. In fact the excitement on the boat at seeing these intelligent and wondrous creatures was feverish – that is the only way I can explain that one of the rowers lost his head and jumped in to swim with them. Let us not compare the intelligence of the rowers with that of the whales but Jamie's desire to see them meant he put on his goggles, put his head in the water, couldn't see them and ended up overboard. He lived to tell the tale that it was a truly wondrous experience – the only side of the story I don't have is how the whales took to it because not long after they were gone. I am not sure if this is the kind of recording that Earthwatch wanted but I am looking forward to the pictures which Jamie tried to take with his waterproof camera – but will only appear on their website after they return since their laptop no longer functions.

Roy

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Diary Entries

2009
- Aug 2009
  - Sun 09 Aug
    - Reflections after the finish from Mauritius
  - Thu 06 Aug
    - The Finish of the Indian Ocean Rowing Race
- Jul 2009
  - Wed 29 Jul
    - So there is a God; and he has a sense of humour - Day 102
  - Sat 25 Jul
    - Sharks circling around - Day 97
  - Thu 23 Jul
    - The British Rail Experience - Day 95
    - Food, food, my kingdom for some food - Day 95
  - Sun 19 Jul
    - Never give up (even on 2800 calories per day) - Day 92
  - Thu 16 Jul
    - Diddling around in the Indian Ocean - Day 89
  - Sat 11 Jul
    - On the move again - Day 83
  - Sun 05 Jul
    - Hallucinations set in - Day 77
  - Wed 01 Jul
    - Oh dear - a broken Footplate (Day 73)
- Jun 2009
  - Sun 28 Jun
    - The Ancient Mariners with 1000 miles to go coming up
  - Sat 20 Jun
    - Close Encounters - Day 60
    - Surfing at 20 miles per hour - Day 61
  - Tue 16 Jun
    - Meeting at Sea 13th June
  - Sat 13 Jun
    - On the Move - week 8 update
  - Tue 09 Jun
    - JJ's Audio Blog - hear about the capsize
  - Sat 06 Jun
    - Day 50 the Moonbow experience
- May 2009
  - Sat 23 May
    - Near miss
    - Southern Cross update 1200 23/05
  - Thu 21 May
    - Southern Cross Capsizes
  - Mon 11 May
    - Week 3 update
    - Week 2 from JJ
- Apr 2009
  - Sun 26 Apr
    - Fw: Race Day WebBlog
  - Fri 03 Apr
    - Australia Here We Are
- Mar 2009
  - Fri 13 Mar