The first time I went sailing at night, and used the head, I could not
believe how the Phosphorescence would light up the toilet when flushed.
Sort of a mini fireworks show.



"JR North" wrote in message
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Oh, yeah, We got that up here in Puget Sound and around the San Juans big
time. Sometimes, at night,it takes your mind off deadheads and wooden
submarines, for a few minutes....
JR

Skipper wrote:
We were based out of San Carlos on a July visit to the Cortez. The old
Miramar hotel had a large thatch covered palapa on Bacochibampo beach
just out of Guaymas that featured good drinks and mariachi music 'til
the wee hours of the morning. We dinked over to Bacochibampo in the late
afternoon for dinner, drinks, and a few hours of good conversation after
a busy day of diving.
Time seemed to slip by. It was about 10 PM when, drawn by the sound of
the surf gently lapping on shore, I stepped off the palapa's large
concrete floor to walk that sand beach on this moonless night. As I
approached the shore with the sound of mariachi music playing in the
distance, the scene seemed magical. The bioluminescence of those small
waves breaking on shore was surrealistic and illuminated the area with a
faint green glow. I must have walked two miles on the beach that
evening. I'd seen this glow before and since, but never with so much
intensity.
Returning the 10 miles to San Carlos in the evening was also an
unforgettable experience. Senses were raised as we skimmed across the
clear warm waters of the bay. Forward, the surface was not visible, you
saw stars, dim lights from the distant shore, and a three dimensional
sea with bioluminescent waters highlighting schools of fish and a few
monsters at depths up to fifty feet. Astern, the wake offered a bright
glow and reassurance that you were not indeed floating *in* the sea. --
Skipper


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