Doug Lloyd wrote: > > Other than a few close calls over the years with other vessels, my > only real scare at night has been the fright from suddenly surfacing > marine animals. That one still gives me pins and needles on my face. > Don't tell anyone. :-) I've had fish landing on my boat in the dark. Wasn't really an unexpected surprise, though, because they were splashing all around us. Probably more erie rather than scary is having large, glowing unidentified creatures passing under my boat in the Sea of Cortez. Erie, but thrilling, too. Bioluminescence. Did have a vessel speeding across the water at night with no lights on. Picked up a high-powered spot light, flashed it his way to let him know we were there and he veered off. He would not have heard one of those hand-held air horns. The spotlight was used for locating landing spots along the shore at night. Jackie *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 02 2007 - 08:55:34 PDT
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