>This is my main subject of interest, and many of the paddling mags have >run some of my articles on the matter (August 1994 Canoe & Kayak). Gotta >say that the arguments that kayaks are more likely to scare whales is well >documented -- an analogy: you're walking down the sidewalk and cars >routinely pass you from behind. You don't usually flinch, but if a >bicyclist suddenly passes you from behind, you're more likely to jump. I don't know about all this, but I do know that a group of 8 orca changed their course to go right under our group. Three of the biggest ones chose to surface about 20 to 25 feet off the side of my kayak. They came at me at a high rate of speed and swam directly under my yak. (maybe it was my mind that made it all seem so fast - I was sure I was about to die after all) This happened in Johnstone Straight in an area that was roughly 3 miles across. They could have easily avoided us. Brian. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 09 1998 - 09:18:32 PDT
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