They gotta go when the bay is closed so that the First Beard doesn’t risk sustaining any harpoon wounds.
lol.. can’t remember the last time a manatee was spotted there either..
Off Lahaina is the place to be for ‘whaling’ action, personally, I’d be on the Big Island Kona side... for action, that is.
I’m sure the Doc had lots of bandages on hand, that coral reef is pretty nasty stuff.. rip ya up good.