Yea, do I remember...I think I had one when I was about 14 or 15...Re with white hull In a message dated 7/23/2010 10:05:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Charlene - Your mention of the Snark sparked some great memories! I learned how to sail in one. Actually two - the hull of the first broke-up one winter (Michigan); the second version had a plastic shell over the styrofoam (polystyrene) Thanks for mentioning it. Any other Snark sailors out there? Pete 'Still Fiesty' '6171TR --- In [email protected] In ic...@yahoogr<char0...@...> wrote: > > I have had two close encounters with whales - one in my Catalina 27 and the other in a 12' Styrofoam Snark. > > In 1979 I was sailing in my Snark with my daughter Charlotte, who was 11 at the time, just outside of Dana Point Harbor. I had been drinking and still had a couple of beers left unopened, when I thought I saw a whale. When I looked at Charlotte's terrified face, I knew I was not having alcohol or sun induced hallucinations. The whale surfaced a couple of times before swimming directly under the Snark, pushing up the keel-board about 4 inches with his back. He then surfaced again looking directly back at us. > > Then, on my birthday in 1981, I was with my husband and daughters on the way to Catalina in my Catalina. We were stalked by a whale who followed us for nearly two miles before appr oaching and surfacing about 20 feet off our starboard side. This guy was at least five feet longer than our boat. > > I had a camera with me both times, but I'll be darned if I wasn't too terrified to use it. > > > Charlene >
