You saw a raccoon in a tree while *sailing*? That beats any wildlife/sailing story I've heard! lol
Mark and Roberta, your story was so evocative - I could just see the glassy water, hear the swish and spray of the whale. What a neat experience. Was it a humpback? I didn't know sturgeons came up shallow enough that one could see them. They are amazing fish. We had a porpoise playing with us last week, but we were in our 14' skiff, not the M17. We've had pretty lame winds at the tail end of the summer here. We had a fun sail regardless this weekend though, gentle winds where my 3-year-old could hang out and snack and chat, and the 13-year-old could hang out up on deck reading a book, occasionally being attacked by a limp 150% genoa. Danelle Landis "Ceto" M17 #378 Ketchikan, AK http://web.me.com/anniesark9/Site/Ceto.html ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:22:29 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: whale story I can't wait to see some cool stuff like that. Although, we did see a raccoon in a tree once does that count? At your service Larry Pegg 208 249 0538 -----Original Message----- From: Roberta Dvorscak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:50 pm Subject: M_Boats: whale story We went out for a sail on Saturday. Light winds and calm seas. We had to fight the incoming tide to get out to the big pond and when we finally made it past the bar the wind died completely. I looked out across a glassy sea without a cats paw in sight when suddenly a dark shape broke the surface 10° off the bow and 500 yards ahead. Whale ho, I shouted. Suddenly things were lively on deck. Roberta assumed her whale lookout position standing just ahead of the mast eyes on high alert, scanning in every direction. I motored a bit then turned south (the direction our leviathan was headed). He rewarded our patience by surfacing several times in the next half hour in our vicinity. Once he was even within a few boat lengths directly abeam. He waved his flukes every time he dove. Very cool. That compensated very nicely for the lack of wind. With no wind we didn't stay out too long and as we crossed the bar on the way in we spotted a sturgeon twice. Pre-historic looking things. If we only had some fog it could have been a sea monster story. That's the way it was on the Oregon coast this past Saturday. Not much wind, but plenty of wildlife. Mark and Roberta M23 Faith _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
