I'm not sure if it's quite the same thing, but we encountered one in the
south bay coming off the marsh land. They're kind of unpredictable there...
see them quite frequently. We lost sight of it, then wham it hit the boat
and pushed it over until the main touched the water, then we popped back up,
and it kept going. We were on a mid-20' Merit. I wouldn't really call it a
waterspout, more like a whirly wind. Guessing 50 kts or slightly more.

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
A Water Spout formed of LIS today. Several tried to form and
one actually touched down--about 40' tall.

Ever seen one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout