Offshore of Wick they’re building a new windfarm ‘Beatrice’, a number of the bright yellow bases are already in place. Without the main column and turbine on top they look like a modern version of the Red Sands Forts in the middle of the Thames. As we approached a fishing boat called Mentor on the radio. They were obviously using it as a patrol boat as they were asking if Mentor was with the two kiters out front, and to ensure we were staying outside the construction area. After the last one we went through I was definitely steering well clear!
As we approached Fraserburgh I suddenly saw a massive wave. Similar to how a wave rushes up against a cliff and is forced upwards, providing a glympse of the rocks through the middle of the spray. But this was too far off the land to be a crashing wave and there was no swell. Staring hard at the same point I almost headed straight into Stew when I saw it again. This time I was sure, it was a whale breeching! I was so excited I crashed right into the next wave. I’ve been on the look out for a whale all trip, so was slightly over excited to have finally seen one. I wanted to go closer, but Stew correctly pointed out that first it was in the wrong direction from where we were heading and second having a whale surface beneath you might be a bit more than I bargained for. The way it jumped almost vertically it was probably a humpback, but it was too far to tell for sure. We saw it three more times before we’d travelled too far up wind. An awesome distraction from my aching arms!
On average, adult humpbacks surface every 7-15 minutes, whereas calves must swim up to the surface every 3-5 minutes to catch some air to breathe. Many speacies of whales breach, but humbacks do this more frequently. It is belived this is done in order to communicate with other whales, who may be far away. The bigger the splash, the further the sound will be able to travel underwater. So maybe there was a whale closer to us, and we didn’t know!
Map of today’s route
Map Key: Stew (Red), Islay (White) and Mentor (Blue)
| Days since start of trip | 85 |
| Number of Kiting Days | 40 |
| Distance Travelled Today | 57 nm |
| Distance Kited Today | 90.11 nm |
| Time spent kiting today | 7 hrs 54mins |
| Total Distance Travelled | 1354 nm |
| Total Distance Kited | 1967 nm |
| Total Kiting time | 201hrs 52mins |
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