Strosaker wrote: > A sport fisherman in his boat was letting his golden retriever growl > and bark at the half dozen or so sea lions hauled up on the buoy. It was > obvious that the man was harassing the sea lions, because he backed his boat > to within about 25 feet of the buoy. snippery > A similar incident happened at the Newport buoy last year. I saw kids in a > boat backing up to the buoy, which sea lions were hauled up on. The kids > raised the outboard motor slightly, and then gunned the engine to spray the > sea lions with water. I cussed them out too, and before they left, they > drove a wide circle around me. I believe they were thinking about strafing > me, but wisely choose not to. Take pictures if you ahve a camera. Call CG if you have a radio. Take notes of the description, time, etc. Report when you get in, complete with evidence. Losing their boat to the courts will make a bigger impresssion than you cussing at their obviously thick skulls. Even if you can curse in complete paragraphs, do be careful with beligerant motorboaters. They can run you down a dozen times, leaving you unconscious in the water and far from help. GaryJ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 09 2004 - 07:44:23 PST
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