i remember myself and robert shearon trying to walk to the end of the jetties and back with nothing but our swim trunks and bare feet.by the time we got to the end the tide started coming in and covering the rocks.about a third of the way back our trunks were torn ,our feet were bleeding and lo and behold here came wimpy suttton in his motorboat. we yelled out and he spotted us and rescued us from our foolish adventure.he even bought us a coke.he had fun telling that one back in the classroom for many years.but robert and i were truly grateful....jim hayes

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Do you remember how slippery those jetties were when wet? We also kept a close eye out for any rogue waves, & especially when a ship passed.

I recall as a young lad fishing out of a small rowboat in the St. Johns next to the jetties, I became seasick. As I lay back sitting on the bottom with my arm hanging over the gunnel and in the water, my Dad yelled & knocked me into the boat. When I looked, a large shark rolled past me - close enought to touch. I knew it wasn't a hammerhead, but still scared the seasickness out of me. Years later, while skin & scuba diving, I learned that sharks tend to love our Florida inlets. Even when facing a 4' shark underwater, I still had to fight the sudden fear that came over me, and try to think sensibly - and get the heck outta there slowly. My son, Michael, uses a new combination 5' spearfishing unit with a multi-shell boomstick attached.

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