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The monster that almost ate Juan!!!!!

Posted on 2008.04.16 by Sofien "Sofy" Sehiri.

This is not a joke. In the serenity of the nice and warm day of Tuesday April 15th while Juan minding his business somewhere on the outer Crissy, an USO (undefined swimming Object) breached out of the water and went for Juan's head. It missed the target and still snapped its teeth in the air expressing threat. Soon after the incident Juan's sail ran out of wind and DOWN Juan goes... the fear was intolerable, what if the damn thing shows up again and this time gets a bite or a mouthful? I'm serious, can you imagine yourself in Juan's Foots traps, I mean Shoes? :-) Oh well Juan lived to tell the story and the investigation is underway to find out what kind of creature is going after windsurfers in Crissy???

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Steve
(2008.05.10 08:12AM):
Yesterday at Tomales while waiting for the wind that never showed up, I was scanning the water with my binoculars. There were a few sailors out and they were planing off an on, mostly off. I noticed a sea lion patrolling in the area about 2/3 across were they were jibing. Finally I went out myself. Slogged to the other side, where the wind was lite, and fell trying to gybe. Suddenly I felt something hit my foot. I was in deep water, so it wasn't the bottom for sure. I didn't give it much thought but it happened again as I was about to waterstart. I got up and outta there. When I got in, Ken Boyd told me he saw him "spyhopping" - swimming with his head out of the water, checking him out. From now on, I'll only sail there when there is enough wind to reliably jibe on the other side.
Isa
(2008.04.24 09:33AM):
A huge fish jumped out of the water right in front of me yesterday. It was about 2 to 3 feet long. Biggest I've seen in the South Sailing Basin so far...I didn't get a chance to see its teeth though...Juan, better watch out! LOL
Steve
(2008.04.19 08:07AM):
Thursday (4/17) I saw a big brown sea-lion surface in front of me. I thought I heard him say "You seen Juan?", but I may be mistaken.
Raul "er POTRO"
(2008.04.18 01:36PM):
Quick smoking guys!
As we say in my town:
"eschale mas tabaco killo"
Vasco
(2008.04.17 01:09AM):
Could it have been a large dolphin or porpoise? I've seen some pretty big ones out there. Also, was it shiny or dull? If shiny, there are thresher sharks in the bay and they like to jump out and squiggle around. Kind of cool to see but not dangerous.
Enrique
(2008.04.16 10:45PM):
Sturgeons, gray sharks, most likely a sea lion, ever heard of the sea snake legend in the Bay Area waters? It is so easy to see this encounter as not that frightening but when it happens in the middle of the water and unexpected, it really freaks you out. Next time bring a net with you, we'll bbq the damn thing at da club.
Juan
(2008.04.16 09:55PM):
I'm still dealing with a bit of PTSD. I see Planet Earth's episode of the great white in ultra slow motion snapping a seal in midair over and over again. Let's just say that I won't be sailing Crissy in the foreseeable future (unless there is no wind anywhere else, of course). My best guess is that it was a sea lion or sea elephant (it was a brown/grayish large creature) that jumped up towards my face as I was doing "the tour"who was equally traumatized by my presence as I was of his or hers. Any other theories?