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Everything I've heard has also suggested you don't move and you don't fight back or attack the shark. Doing those things can easily shift him from just being inquisitive to full-on attack mode. The key is to just be stunned and motionless while you piss and sheeet yourself. |
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08-03-2010, 09:45 PM | #23 |
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I don't know anything about whether sharks and other fish can see colors but if they can, red may equal blood. Yellow could be diluted blood.
Sounds reasonable and makes me happy that I have a moss colored yak. Unless you are a carp, moss is probably not high on the wish list when the dinner bell rings. Bob |
08-04-2010, 07:45 AM | #24 |
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Hey....it's SHARK WEEK! Whatever?
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08-04-2010, 09:19 AM | #25 |
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worth a look
http://www.sharkshield.com/Content/Home/
I like the idea of this, but at $700..... But $700 sounds cheap as insurance?? cowboybill |
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just in time for shark week on discovery!
oops didnt read all the post.. |
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Back in June, a firefighter was reported missing in the Gaviota area, and was never found, they did recover his kayak and some personal items, I'm not sure but I think his kayak was red also.
I'm just wondering if this is connected in some way. I was in Carpinteria(Santa Barbara) the first week of July and the life gaurd told me to be careful in the area. interesting...........
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My wife and I had a run in with one out of Newport last spring. It was circling the buoy outside the harbor, the dorsal was about 3ft. out of the water.
We were about 50 yards away when we saw it and we hastily turned around back to the harbor. It was her first and last time in the ocean in a kayak. |
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the whites have around as much chomping power as a human, it's the teeth that do the damage. so in other words, when the shark attacked, he realized he wasn't getting through the hull and gave up.
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This incident is similar to the one out of Bean Hollow 3 years ago, only that one started with a strike that threw the kayak angler into the water.
The damage looks nearly identical, just a bunch of almost minor scratches and a small hole punch or two. I knew it wouldn't take long for someone to mention the guy who went missing a while back. I think a link is unlikely, but don't have any basis for the opinion other than it doesn't seem right. So many other explanations make more sense. |
08-06-2010, 02:34 PM | #32 |
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As I understand it this guys kayak was constructed mostly from 4mm plywood and fiberglass coated....
Is there that much difference between his kayak and this? http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...772454500.html or this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...hark-head.html I'm going to take a bite out of my surfboard and then my kayak and get back to you...... |
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This guy didnt watch Shark Week either.....
http://www.nsri.org.za/new/NewsArticle.asp?newsID=34 Granted, a surf ski isnt roto-molded plastic (which would bend quite a bit before it cracked).....but neither was duane's kayak |
08-07-2010, 09:47 PM | #34 |
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The Taxman in the gray suit He's there more than you know.......He just checks in once in awhile, to let you know your in his house. Been surfing for years and have seen sharks on 3 occasions, I dont know what kind they were. Never any issues, but make you feel a bit small...You can make it creepy as you want it to.. but I've never been hit by lightning either, but I still like to go out in the rain.
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08-08-2010, 01:58 PM | #36 |
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Yes....the core of a surfboard is foam. But the skin of a surfboard (top & bottom) is 3 to 5 layers of 4-6oz fiberglass cloth and layers of polyester or epoxy resin. Also there would be 1 to 3 , 4-6mm wooden stringers reinforcing the foam. Granted some stringers are balsa.....
4mm plywood is not much thicker than your average cardboard box.I dont see a night & day difference between the skin of a surfboard and 4mm of plywood. I have repaired surfboards in the past but have no experience building wooden kayaks so perhaps the wooden kayak builders could chime in here..... I still cant help but think that a 15ft GWS could have obliterated this kayak if it wanted to.... |
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An abalone diver up in norcal got decapitated by a great white. I'd say that would indicate a decent bite strength.
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