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Kelp! Kelp!
The presense of kelp should be considered when
navigating a lee shore in lighter winds. http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/kelpforest.html |
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Kelp! Kelp!
Pt Loma just off San Deigo has a great kelp forest. Full of otters
eating clams. Use to love to dive the kelp there. But your right, it can stop a boat in it's track. joe |
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Kelp! Kelp!
Sure does! I used to dive on them quite bit also.. when were you there? I
haven't done that in years. I remember one time we went out in a friend Zodiac. Huge swells and people were really getting green while struggling with their equipment. Finally, I just grabbed the remainder of my stuff and went over the side... told my buddy I'd meet him at 30 feet. The surge was amazing. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Pt Loma just off San Deigo has a great kelp forest. Full of otters eating clams. Use to love to dive the kelp there. But your right, it can stop a boat in it's track. joe |
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Kelp! Kelp!
Good point Jon. They increase swell. I've read that
ships have been lost forced into kelp beds, and some have lost masts in the swell before being beat to pieces on the rocks. I wonder how many have been lost on the coast of California because of this? "Capt. JG" wrote I remember one time we went out in a friend Zodiac. Huge swells and people were really getting green while struggling with their equipment. Finally, I just grabbed the remainder of my stuff and went over the side... told my buddy I'd meet him at 30 feet. The surge was amazing. "Joe" wrote Pt Loma just off San Deigo has a great kelp forest. Full of otters eating clams. Use to love to dive the kelp there. But your right, it can stop a boat in it's track. |
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Kelp! Kelp!
When I was diving off Catalina, you could actually crawl across the tops of
the kelp... Don't know the numbers, but there are boats lost all the time off SF and environs. I saw a large commercial fishing boat on its side off Santa Cruz several years ago. They missed the entrance in the fog and ended up on the beach. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ... Good point Jon. They increase swell. I've read that ships have been lost forced into kelp beds, and some have lost masts in the swell before being beat to pieces on the rocks. I wonder how many have been lost on the coast of California because of this? "Capt. JG" wrote I remember one time we went out in a friend Zodiac. Huge swells and people were really getting green while struggling with their equipment. Finally, I just grabbed the remainder of my stuff and went over the side... told my buddy I'd meet him at 30 feet. The surge was amazing. "Joe" wrote Pt Loma just off San Deigo has a great kelp forest. Full of otters eating clams. Use to love to dive the kelp there. But your right, it can stop a boat in it's track. |
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Kelp! Kelp!
Back in 1979, While attending Amphibious boat coxian school on Coronodo
island. Joe |
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No way! I was there... just barely though... left SD in 1980. Mostly, my
girlfriend and I were in Solana Beach. We had a great place on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Even at the top of the summer, there were just a few people on that stretch of beach. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Back in 1979, While attending Amphibious boat coxian school on Coronodo island. Joe |
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Kelp! Kelp!
My borther and his wife lived in Solano Beach. They had a condo
right at the top of the hill, north of the race track. I loved it. I used to go to dog beach and flirt with the girls. Then they sold that and bought an orange grove under Mt Palomar. Motorcycle heaven. Have you been out there? They were past the Rincon Indian Res, and north of the La Jolla Ind. Res. His oranges were huge. The first year he didn't have his labor set up in time and the oranges were over two pounds! So big that they would split when they fell. Some of them were over 3 lbs. "Capt. JG" wrote No way! I was there... just barely though... left SD in 1980. Mostly, my girlfriend and I were in Solana Beach. We had a great place on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Even at the top of the summer, there were just a few people on that stretch of beach. "Joe" wrote Back in 1979, While attending Amphibious boat coxian school on Coronodo island. |
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Kelp! Kelp!
Capt. JG wrote: No way! I was there... just barely though... left SD in 1980. Mostly, my girlfriend and I were in Solana Beach. We had a great place on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Even at the top of the summer, there were just a few people on that stretch of beach. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com we use to surf flat bottom skiff on the rollers off Pt.Loma. It was a blast. We'd rent them from the Navy special services. I don't no how many times we wiped out and ended up on the beach drying motors out. Nothing like diving in a kelp forest with otters. Coronado was something else, While practicing beach landing we would always take seals 3 mi off and they would have to swim back. ABC school is now a thing of the past. Lost my High School ring tumbling down the cliffs of Blacks Beach with a keg. Joe "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Back in 1979, While attending Amphibious boat coxian school on Coronodo island. Joe |
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