After spending the last 3 1/2 years cruising the
Pacific on our sailboat, we can say definitively that
there are a plethora of "undiscovered" reefs
throughout the tropics. We're just thankful that we
were lucky enough not to "discover" any of them while
underway in the dark!

Lynette and John Flynn
S/V White Hawk


--- Keith Zeilinger <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I find it interesting how this coral reef is "New"
> since it has just been seen by a western scientist
> and reported in the western press, as being
> "Discovered".  Obviously it was well known to local
> fishermen who probably "discovered" it generations
> ago.  Just like Hawaii and Australia were only
> "discovered" by Captain Cook even though they were
> settled by people already.  As far as "unknown
> reefs", I just returned from a 6 day dive trip to
> the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea.  There
> were large areas on the chart marked "unknown
> reefs"--presumably waiting to be "discovered".
> Aloha, Keith Zeilinger

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