Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA143023983; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:33:03 -0700 Return-Path: <shred@netcom.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mail-out2.apple.com (mail-in.apple.com) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA135913975; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:32:55 -0700 Received: from federal-excess.apple.com (federal-excess.apple.com [17.255.0.16]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id LAA23336 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:29:03 -0700 Received: from [17.197.12.52] (scoted.apple.com [17.197.12.52]) by federal-excess.apple.com (SMI-8.6/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA00369 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:27:56 -0700 Message-Id: <199605071827.LAA00369@federal-excess.apple.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Crissy Conditions Date: Tue, 7 May 96 11:29:09 -0000 From: "Edward W. Scott" <shred@netcom.com-DeleteThis> To: "Wind Talk" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>I was sailing in the middle of the bay on a full plane, slightly op when a
>sea
>lion (not a seal, he must have been 8-10' long and big) popped his head up
>directly in my path about 2 board lengths in front of me(close enough to
>smell!). He was too close to take evasive actions at that speed so all I was
>able to do was SCREAM at the top of my lungs. It would have been hilarious
>to
>get a picture of me shitting in my pants and the look of surprised look on
>the sea lion's face.
I also saw a very large sea lion at Crissy on Saturday dive just upwind
(10-20') of me out in the channel on Saturday. He wasn't directly in my
path, though. Maybe it was the same guy.
>Luckily, he managed to dive before I hit him, I was
>impressed with how such a big creature could move so fast when there was
>impending death ;)
>Needless to say, if I did happen to hit him, there could have been grave
>consequences....probably would have broken my finbox/board or some ribs as I
>got rag-dolled over the front.
Something about flopping around in the water with a 800 lb. mammal that
you just hit also doesn't sound like fun.
Call me crazy, but I have a funny feeling these animals are far more
aware of what's going on on and under the water than we do. I don't know
if it's the sound of the board hitting the water or what, but twice (in
the same session no less, but on different reaches) I almost ran over at
least two 3' diameter sea turtles at Spreckelsville on Maui. Every time
I thought a collision was imminent (only 20' in front of me on a full-on
plane), they dove down just in time for me to miss them. It was just as
you said, they moved far faster than I thought possible for an animal of
that size, especially a turtle. When I first saw them I thought they
were part of the reef, and being about a mile out, the prospect of a
blown finbox was not something I was looking forward to.
Ed Scott ShrEdding SF Bay
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