The best I can do is while nearly asleep in the quarterberth at my slip, I heard the unmistakable sound of a carp slamming full speed into the rudder. The next morning it lay dead in the water near my boat. Big too. No alligators in Lake Winnipeg, just sea monsters.
Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:26 PM, schiller via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > So, what exactly is a "moderately sized alligator"? To me, anything bigger > than a pet store size is bigger than a "moderately sized alligator". We > don't have much in Lake Michigan that wants to eat us! > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > 538243 > >> On 8/15/2014 8:42 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: >> Finished a couple boat jobs yesterday and decided to go out on the lake for >> a late afternoon sail. Not much breeze but a pleasant sail nonetheless. >> >> After the pleasant uneventful sail, I entered Mandeville Harbor afterwards >> (30 20' 50", 90 03' 46"). There was a guy on the seawall fighting a fish. >> His buddy waved at me to move to the far side of the entrance to allow him >> to play the fish. As I went by the fish broke the surface. Wow! Looked >> like a 3-4 footer, species unknown. Then his line broke. Too bad. >> >> I continued up the harbor into the narrow bayou and made the sharp right >> hand turn....Holy Crap! Here comes one of my marina friends in his Leopard >> 38 catamaran with 20+ foot beam. I eased as far to the edge of the channel >> watching that my shrouds didn't hit overhanging branches from a cypress >> tree. We passed with 3 feet between us. >> >> A couple hundred yards later I had to dodge a moderately sized alligator >> swimming up the bayou. >> >> Glad to get Touche' back into the slip. >> >> Dennis C. >> Touche' 35-1 #83 >> Mandeville, LA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >> page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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