Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow

On Sep 20, 14:21, "Steven Holtzman" wrote:
} Subject: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow
> Philip Torrens wrote:
> 
> ....when I re-gelcoat my boat, I'm going to colour
> everything below the waterline that radioactive, high-visibility
> greeny-yellow you see on ocean racing clothing (assuming I can find the
> right pigment.) In addition to being easier to spot when you're capasized
> and in trouble, ........
> 
> Around here (Southern CA) we refer to that color as Yum Yum Yellow. It seems
> that someone did a study concerning what color kayaks were preferred by
> sharks and the two most popular colors for attacks were yellow and then
> white. (I wish I had known that before I bought my boat in Perception's
> Granite)   ;)

Ridiculous, of course.

Nobody's done a study of what color kayaks a shark prefers.

And besides, shark attacks on kayaks are so rare that the data is
statistically invalid.

If you want some real shark information, check out Jackie's web page
at http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/sharks.html - she has lots of links
to real information about sharks instead of silly rumors like this one.



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