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 AA285017633; Tue, 7 May 1996 15:20:34 -0700 Return-Path: <bobc@best.com-DeleteThis> Received: from shellx.best.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA184827633; Tue, 7 May 1996 15:20:33 -0700 Received: from bobc.vip.best.com (bobc.vip.best.com [204.156.141.130]) by shellx.best.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id PAA15930 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 7 May 1996 15:16:16 -0700 Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960507222353.006de60c@best.com-DeleteThis> X-Sender: bobc@best.com-DeleteThis X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 15:23:53 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: Bob Colopy <bobc@best.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Dolphins at third
At 08:58 AM 5/7/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>On another funnier, but potentially more dangerous note:
>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. 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.
On a still funnier note - I've seen big things that look like dolphins but
maybe were sea lions at third avenue. Check out the third ave cam at
http://www.best.com/~bobc/third.shtml. They appear to enjoy windsurfers
often mimicking or chasing them. Not clear if they think we're one of them
or a meal - in the murky waters it is hard to tell one fin from another.
Bob Colopy
bobc@best.com-DeleteThis
http://www.best.com/~bobc
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