I am curious to learn of what encounters have been experienced from whale encounters where someone has had their kayak slammed, bumped lifted, brushed out of the way or slapped by the tale of passing Orca or other whale species. If such has indeed happened I would ask what did you do to attract such an event and what would you do differently so as to avoid a repeat incident? I understand that there is growing pressure on these animals from boaters and kayakers in general. Just how sensitive are kayakers becoming? Are guide outfitters a problem here? Is it an individual thing or is there in fact a general problem? I would like to hear you views in light of growing eco tourism. Best Regards, Philip *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 08:59 AM 4/12/98 , Philip Wylie wrote: >I am curious to learn of what encounters have been experienced from >whale encounters where someone has had their kayak slammed, bumped >lifted, brushed out of the way or slapped by the tale of passing Orca >or other >whale species. I haven't had an encounter in a kayak, but I can pass on some discussion from Ed Gillet during my experience of whale watching in Laguna Ojos de Leibre (Scammon's Lagoon, Baja, outside of Guerrero Negro). The current wisdom is that whale encounters are more difficult with a kayak than a motor boat. Ours was a 22' panga with a 45 hp outboard. A pair of young females (they can be quite curious, can't they?) were spouting about a mile or away when we first saw them. The whales altered course and came over to inspect us. They gracefully froliced around the boat for about 15 minutes or so. This was entirely voluntary on the whales part; we weren't enticing them in any way. At one point, as one of the whales was passing slowly under the boat, she slowly rolled on to her side and looked up at me. Truly a moving experience! I guess that it breaks up a whale's day to go and visit a boat that has a bunch of arms and faces waving excitedly. The whales probably have some spare time on their hands, I don't know. Ed said that with kayaks, it's hard to catch up to the whales, and they don't really know what it is. Might be a predator! Especially if the whales have recently calved, this could be dangerous. Ed speculated that the underwater sound of the outboard allowed the whales to locate the boat, and come over to it, rather than vice versa. ________________________________________________________________ Doug Barnard Virtual Acreage Agoura, California (near L.A.) Visualization in 2D/3D/4D http://virtualacreage.com 818-991-9328 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I remember some on a wavelength thread (some while back) mentioned that they were painting their kayaks the color sembalence of an orca to discourage rather intimidating sea lions. Now wouldn't that put one in a pickle if the mother of a calf from another whale species panicked thinking that there were Orca near her calf. Hmmmmmn. There are advantages and disadvantages to such coloring. I would imagine it would make it near impossible to approach an sea lion colony with out causing major panick. Moreover, the thought of an Orca attempting to get amorous sends shivers down my back. The French kayaker 'Morivorand' (Sp?) had a whale dock up along side his boat for about four hours while doing an Atlantic crossing. Interesting. Regards, Philip Doug Barnard wrote: > At 08:59 AM 4/12/98 , Philip Wylie wrote: > >I am curious to learn of what encounters have been experienced from > >whale encounters where someone has had their kayak slammed, bumped > >lifted, brushed out of the way or slapped by the tale of passing Orca > >or other > >whale species. > > I haven't had an encounter in a kayak, but I can pass on some discussion > from Ed Gillet during my experience of whale watching in Laguna Ojos de > Leibre (Scammon's Lagoon, Baja, outside of Guerrero Negro). > > The current wisdom is that whale encounters are more difficult with a kayak > than a motor boat. Ours was a 22' panga with a 45 hp outboard. A pair of > young females (they can be quite curious, can't they?) were spouting about > a mile or away when we first saw them. The whales altered course and came > over to inspect us. They gracefully froliced around the boat for about 15 > minutes or so. This was entirely voluntary on the whales part; we weren't > enticing them in any way. At one point, as one of the whales was passing > slowly under the boat, she slowly rolled on to her side and looked up at > me. Truly a moving experience! > > I guess that it breaks up a whale's day to go and visit a boat that has a > bunch of arms and faces waving excitedly. The whales probably have some > spare time on their hands, I don't know. > > Ed said that with kayaks, it's hard to catch up to the whales, and they > don't really know what it is. Might be a predator! Especially if the whales > have recently calved, this could be dangerous. Ed speculated that the > underwater sound of the outboard allowed the whales to locate the boat, and > come over to it, rather than vice versa. > > ________________________________________________________________ > Doug Barnard Virtual Acreage > Agoura, California (near L.A.) Visualization in 2D/3D/4D > http://virtualacreage.com 818-991-9328 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 01:23 PM 4/12/98 -0600, Philip Wylie wrote: >I remember some on a wavelength thread (some while back) mentioned >that they were painting their kayaks the color sembalence of an orca >to discourage rather intimidating sea lions. Now wouldn't that put one in >a pickle if the mother of a calf from another whale species panicked thinking >that there were Orca near her calf. Hmmmmmn. There are advantages and >disadvantages to such coloring. I would imagine it would make it near >impossible to approach an sea lion colony with out causing major panick. >Moreover, the thought of an Orca attempting to get amorous sends shivers >down my back. The French kayaker 'Morivorand' (Sp?) had a whale dock up >along side his boat for about four hours while doing an Atlantic crossing. >Interesting. > >Regards, > >Philip > I painted a kayak green to try to attract money (US) and it did not work. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote: > I painted a kayak green to try to attract money (US) and it did not work. > > Dana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Well, I guess you must be doing something wrong! The old formula I x V = R (imagination times vividness equals reality)does work. However, there must be some powerful ineffectives in your life. Try writing out a cheque to yourself for $500,000.00 and carry it around with you every day. Might perform better results. Green should have worked for you, it seems to have success in attracting millions for the military. Cheers, Philip > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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