Oldie but a goodie, Hatt. Do you have sea robins that far north? Every few years we will get them thick in the Chesapeake Bay. Better wear a shirt when you are on the Hobie Cat when those things are thick--they have armour on their heads!!
Another was when I was about 12 and saling in a dink with a friend's veteranarian father. Spanish were sailing through the air and one smacked him in the chest. He said that was very odd for Spanish and "don't look down." Of course I did and it was about a 13 foot tiger shark under the 10 ft. dink