Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow

Bob enjoyed writing;
>The "study", if it exists, was definitely not based on kayaks.  Kayaks
>is a new variation on the Yum Yum Yellow legend.
>
>I haven't been able to track down this legendary study, but it's not at
>all likely from what I've heard that the results apply to sharks found
>in Southern California waters, or to objects shaped like a kayak floating
>on the surface.
>
>Let's please stop spreading silly rumors like this until some hard
>data surfaces, ok?  Can anyone actually find this so-called study in
>the scientific literature, or other real scientific source?  If not, I
>respectfully suggest it should be treated as just another rumor/myth.
>
>And no, finding the story in the non-scientific media or kayaking
>books doesn't count.
>
Hi Bob,
I know this tid bit is coming from a kayaking book that you say does not
count, try John Dowd's book "Sea Kayaking" a manual for long - distance
touring, page 195.  I relies he's just a kayaker that wrote a book and not
Jacques Cousteau but on page 195 he did mention about a study that the US
Navy performed dubbing one shade of yellow "yum -yum yellow.
I was aware of Dowd's comment of the study prior to picking yellow for the
deck color of a kayak I spent 20 days in on the open sea and I just recently
purchased a "yum yum yellow "PFD.  Being bit or eaten by a shark is not high
on my hazards in kayaking list.  If I become a scientific statistic I will
make sure my next of kin notifies you.
Be cooool and relax,
Arthur Hebert


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