Sea lion pup startles sailor with snoring

SAN DIEGO -- A surprising stowaway startled a man out on his boat in San Diego: A sea lion pup who decided to crash in a bunk, waking the owner with his snoring. Michael Duffy, 48, said he was on his 41-foot Kettenburg boat "Elixir" at the San Diego Yacht Club when he awoke at 2:30 a.m. Sunday to sneezing and snoring. He thought it might be a friend, crashing from a night out, but couldn't find anyone. Once it got light a few hours later, however, he heard it again. That's when Duffy saw a 35-pound sea lion pup on another bunk, curled up like a dog on top of his board shorts. Duffy grabbed his cellphone and took a photo of the pup, who had already jumped down onto the cabin floor. "You gotta go buddy, go...go, go, go," Duffy said, as he filmed, softly coaxing the baby sea lion back up the stairs, off the boat and into the water.