Mark & Roberta: What port did U sail from? Gary Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:50 AM, Roberta Dvorscak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
