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HOLE IN THE WATER

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Date Created:
May 17, 2008

Category:
Sports & Recreation »
Outdoor Recreation

Group Type:
Public

Owner:

ROCKY MOUNT, MO

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ozarkski

Moderators:

ChrisSparks

iamski

Italiangirl

jap2001

MRogers

onlyonejudy

Phoenix12

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HOLE IN THE WATER

BOATS ( anyone that has the slightest interest with water sports ) - If it floats - sits on a trailer - is just a keel and strakes in the work shop - requires great lung volume to inflate - sails in your imagination - this is a group with "U" in mind. I hope it remains open to all who enjoy the water and a means of being out on, over or under the surface. * Tom SKII

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Hole in the water — Last Post on July 25, 2008 06:46 PM EST by roraff54

By: Italiangirl | Added: May 17, 2008 | Views: 522 | Posts: 14

Bath, Shower, Paddle, Power or Sail - How do you enjoy the water ? — Last Post on July 22, 2008 01:38 PM EST by Tinky

By: ozarkski | Added: May 17, 2008 | Views: 859 | Posts: 33

Great Day — Last Post on July 22, 2008 01:26 PM EST by Tinky

By: Tessan | Added: May 18, 2008 | Views: 914 | Posts: 21

R A C E S . . . .& . . . .R E G A T T A S — Last Post on July 20, 2008 03:31 AM EST by ozarkski

By: ozarkski | Added: July 19, 2008 | Views: 43 | Posts: 3

R A C E S . . . .& . . . .R E G A T T A S — Last Post on July 19, 2008 01:37 PM EST by ozarkski

By: ozarkski | Added: July 19, 2008 | Views: 41 | Posts: 1

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Don't make waves!

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You AIN'T seen notin yet !

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209 mph record

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OSS @ Lake of the OZ. - Toto is narating

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"Futher Information On Whales"

"Orca Whale"

"Futher Information on Whales"

Cetaceans, whales and their allies have blowholes that are set high on their head, their forelimbs are modified into flippers, their horizontal tail is called the Fluke, and they are absence of hind limbs. Filter Feeders are called Baleen Whales, they filter plankton. Tooth Whales they feed primarily on fish, squid, and to the lesser extent on other invertebrates.

Here in the Northwest we have Pilot Whales (like but smaller than the Orca), Minke Whale, Gray Whales, Orca Whales, and the Humpback Whale and North Pacific Right Whale which are seen off the coastal waters here in the Pacific Northwest. The other whales visit us down in the Puget Sound. I have over the years seen them from the jumbo ferries while commuting to Seattle; the Captain will usually announce over the Intercom "A Gray Whale is on the starboard side of the vessel." It is so funny for the newbie’s and visitors on the ferry they all make a mad dash to the starboard side of the ferry. You just hope that the Captain refrains from then saying "A Orca has been spotted on the port side of the vessel." (You have to realize these ferries can have up to 360 cars and up to 1500 passengers on board. That is alot of weight running to one side of the boat, I know that it won’t list to the side - but I always pictured this cartoon of the ferry dipping side to side by the whale sightings!)

The Northwest Orca has a huge following of Whale watchers. Individual Orcas can be identified from a good photograph of the animal’s dorsal fin and saddle patch, taken when it surfaces. Catalogues have been published with the photograph of each of the Orcas. This has enabled all the local Orca population to be counted. It is a special sighting when you get to see Mother and a new calf. Each new season the past several years we have had the pleasure of these sightings, as well as sighting of a newly birthed calf with its Momma.