Codger2
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- Oct 11, 2007
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- US
- Vessel Name
- Circuit Breaker
- Vessel Make
- 2021..22' Duffy Cuddy cabin
About 8 years ago My wife and I were on a Lindblad Expedition in SE Alaska. There was a school teacher (about 50 years old) who had paid for a round trip ticket & had been on board for about 3 weeks. One day, as we were anchored, she told the skipper she wanted to take a swim. He obliged and they went off in a Zodiac to the base of the granite mountain (in our anchorage) that had baked in the sun all day. Dressed in a regular bathing suite, she dove in and paddled around for quite a while. Staying close to the granite mountain (not more than 10-15' away) she said the water was "quite nice" and the swim was very enjoyable. Although I really wanted to prove/disprove this statement, I never mustered up the guts to try it. Since that cruise, I have learned that this is not such a big secret. That is to say that, yes indeed, you can swim in the relatively warm water close to a "sun baked granite mountain."*
-- Edited by SeaHorse II on Thursday 20th of January 2011 03:55:37 PM
-- Edited by SeaHorse II on Thursday 20th of January 2011 03:55:37 PM