When I was 12, I went to sea.  I was on my father's ship for 6 months and 4 days when i caught a glimpse of her.  
I had been sitting on a chair on the deck, watching island after island float by when my gaze started slowly moving downwards.  I was almost asleep when i saw the fiery red tail splash next to the wooden paneling on the side of the ship.  I jumped up, about to call for my father to see this magnificently huge fish when the creature jumped out of the water.  
Attached to the red...