Things that go bump in the night

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Robbi

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I am on the hook in Gig Harbor. I just finished a PM to a friend, and told them how nice and quiet it was here. 11pm, fire in the Dickenson, nice red wine. All of a sudden I had a visitor! Came up under the boat at the transom and rocked the boat as it hit near the outboard. Gave the boat two or three big jolts! Must have been a seal, but it didn't show itself. First time that has happened to me.
Sure got my attention.
Think I will have a little more wine.

Robbi
 
It is a bit unnerving. Like the racoons out at Blake Island. Fearless, hungry, and grossly overweight. Or the otters at Coupeville.
 
We were in Gig Harbor this time last week with 6 other boats from our yacht club. I would have thought that the tsunami would have subsided by now :-)

Merv
 
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"Giggy"? :lol:

We like Gig Harbor. Cool old town, nicely protected and good mud...
 
Had a mink crawl in the motor well after some fish cleaning scraps that I didn't get cleaned out. It stared at me then went after the scrap anyway and then left.
Flathead Lake).
Think I would have learned my lesson when an otter did the same thing only came up on my gear box ( mounted in the splash well) when I was on the hook in the San Juans .
 
We had a night visitor up in Canada last week while on Holiday. Got up in the middle of the night to check on things while anchored in Elcho bay and found a seal sleeping on our raft right beside the dory. We took flash pictures of him and shined a flashlight on him but he was determined. When we went back to bed he was still there. He was gone in the morning but he did leave a deposit for the stay. Whew! Smelly!

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Karl
 
You have had your share of night visitors! I guess the seal knew a friendly boat to use as a haul out. Your girls are so lucky to experience all the wonderful trips that you have taken.

Robbi
 
I just looked at Amy and Karl's album of their trip to the Discovery Coast. Wow! What a great trip! The seal in the inflatable was not even close to the best part! Check out the album, it is wonderful.

Thanks for sharing your trip. :thup :thup

Robbi
 
Robbi - We have had otters visit us at the docks in Yellowstone at night time, and of course the mice seem to scamper up the mooring lines on occasion. Perhaps one night a grizzly will come snooping around. That will create some excitement, I'm sure. Happy boating. John & Edna
 
People who visit the Gulf Coast for the first time are often awakened by the "cracking" sound coming from their hull at night! :shock:

And then you learn it's the brine shrimp helping to keep your hull clean. :wink:

The two otters that climbed onboard our boat in the middle of the night in Bell Harbor in Seattle certainly got our attention. Molly when into full defense mode: "Nobody messes with my boat and my family!" :cat
 
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