My 2 cents on sharks...use with caution, I dont work for National Geographic or anything. Sharks follow ships and boats in order to leach off the garbage and stuff that either they eat or stuff they like to eat is attracted to. Since you were fishing, I assume you had bait in the water....YUM to sharks. >From working on research ships, we constantly dealt with sharks. Most were white tips and they were quite docile. They took a meal if you placed it in the water for them...they loved spam and vienna sausages. To repel them we would give them a poke on the snout with a pole. They retreat immediately. The trick is to keep them from the frenzy where all bets are off on munching on anything. So, If I were fishing from an yak and were in your position I would first get the baits out of the water and cover whats left in your boat. I would also be sure your not dangling your catch over the side. Take away the attraction..... Then, if you feel uncomfortable, beat a hasty retreat as a group. No need to raft up.....they will stay with you like a dog begging at the dinner table. They have all the time in the world. A 4 footer followed you in because it knew you might possibly put another bait in the water for him...smart. Maybe you will get a note on some kind of reported mako or hammerhead attack and there are plenty of accounts of great white attacks on yaks but thats a bit different than sand sharks and white tips. BTW white tip shark meat tastes awful! Where is "Here" anyway? Tom *************************************************************************** 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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