Re: [Paddlewise] Yet another kayaking danger

From: Doug Lloyd <dalloyd_at_telus.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:17:05 -0700
Joe said:
>>>I've flown or sailed through the triangle on perhaps twenty occasions and
what they say is true!  I disappeared mysteriously on the eleventh trip and
was never seen again...<<<

I almost disappeared too, the first time I released a large, personal
methane bubble in my new drysuit on the way back from Jolie's after
ingesting more than a normal human male's share of her Washington-famous
homemade kayaker's chilli.

Interestingly, I accompanied my daughters to the Institute of Ocean Sciences
here in Victoria this past Spring for a field trip. The Acoustic Research
scientists had some interesting sonar-type imagery of the sea floor off the
Fraser River, showing large, inexplicable round holes. "Crop circles"
underwater? They had been investigating them as possible dangers to
navigation (as in what caused the deep, large holes).

Funnily enough, the scientist with the Acoustic Research Group who was
explaining the phenomenon, then went on to what appeared to be one of his
obvious personal favourites, namely sharing his team's data on the odd tides
up near Cape Caution. I got into an argument with the guy over my little
mishap up there a few years ago, suggesting they ought to do more research,
and facilitate this information to the Hydrographic Service for placement on
charts of the area, as an aid for slow moving vessels. It must have been a
heated exchange, because my family mysteriously disappeared and I did not
find them for another hour or so in the labyrinth of hallways and labs.

http://pulson.seos.uvic.ca/new_research.html

Doug Lloyd
Victoria BC



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