Night storm paddling is still the eeriest experience...the inky black wall of each swell bloting out the dim lights of shoreline as each swell closes by, only the rise of the bow giving hint of the mass about to pass underneath and the stealthy roil of the breaking lip just visible as it bears down on a moonless night. Doug Ingognito > 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 Fri Aug 03 2007 - 07:47:07 PDT
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