Seabirds and Whale Tales

Sunday, September 7th from 8 am until 6 pm.

Join us for a full day of marine wildlife viewing aboard the “Tails of the Sea”, a 110’ luxury commercial whale watching vessel owned and operated by the Captain John Boats of Plymouth, MA. Leave from Plymouth Harbor.

Join wildlife experts Wayne Petersen of Massachusetts Audubon Society, David Clapp of Natural History Services and
Dr. John C. Jahoda of Bridgewater State College as they lead this informative excursion to view seabirds, seals, whales, dolphin, basking sharks and other marine wildlife found off our New England shores.

Meet at the Town Pier in Plymouth at 7:30 A.M. to check in. Cruise leaves at 8 A.M. and returns by 6 P.M. that evening. Bring your own food and drink but please no alcohol or any items in glass containers. You can purchase a variety of hot and cold foods from the galley and all proceeds support our non-profit marine education organizations.

• Breakfast items include: bagels, muffins, donuts, tea and coffee.
  Please bring your travel mug to help reduce the paper and plastic waste produced during the trip.
• Lunch items include: homemade clam chowder, chili, a variety of veggie and meat sandwiches and luscious desserts! Buy a bag lunch ahead of time to ensure you receive your sandwich of choice ($10 includes sandwich, chips, fruit, beverage and dessert). Our resident chef, Jim Haire with the help of his wife Kerri, provides homemade clam chowder and sandwiches. NECWA’s staff, Pat Mancini provides wonderful home-made chili, a favorite of all our repeat passengers.

Offshore Activities Include

Chumming for Seabirds

• chumming for seabirds
• plankton collection using a plankton net and examination using onboard microscopes
• free onboard raffle where you could win a nature gift including field guides, wildlife DVDs and CDs, bird feeders, hand-made fish-print sweatshirts, NEBShark clothing and more. If you wish to donate an item to the raffle event, bring it with you the day of sailing and we will add it to our collection.

Please email Krill Carson if you or your organization would like to donate items that could be used for the galley (food, travel mugs, etc.) or the onboard raffle (any nature-related item).

Ticket price is $95 before August 25th. Ticket price increases to $110 after August 25th.

To join us, complete the attached registration form and
send to NECWA at 11 Clarence Soule Drive, Middleboro, MA  02346. 

For more information, visit the NECWA website or call Krill at 508-946-4345.

Basking shark in New England waters, 2004 New England Basking Shark Project

All proceeds from this trip go to NECWA to support marine education and
wildlife conservation in southeastern MA including the New England Basking Shark Project (NEBShark) and the Marine Wildlife Program at BSC.

Thank you for your support.

Best, Krill

President, NECWA