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| Author: | jkkartz [ Mon May 23, 2011 8:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Sailing keeps surprising me! |
Saturday morning we launched the Hobie 16 at a hole in the mangroves between the Boat Club and Fisherman's Village in Punta Gorda for the Hibiscus Cup Regatta. It is fairly shallow and there is a row of old pilings a couple hundred yards off the shoreline. As we were coming in, I was standing on the tramp looking for the pilings. I saw a large rock up ahead and with a high tide I knew I could sail over it. As we got closer I noticed that it was yellow and brown in a mottled pattern. Just then the rock moved a little and we sailed over the top of it. It then spooked and hit the bottom of the tramp with its back and splashed us. It then took off leaving a wake behind us. It was a Goliath Grouper. Probably 200 to 300 hundred pounds. It was a highly unlikely place for this fish to be. Normally the live in deeper water around structure. What will I see next? Jack |
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| Author: | Artep [ Tue May 24, 2011 6:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sailing keeps surprising me! |
I rented a 16 in Martinique and had a big Spotted Eagle Ray jump our tramp. Very exciting. |
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