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) ;) Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Sep 20, 21:10, "Arthur Hebert" wrote: } Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow > Steve wrote; > >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) ;) > > Steve, I think that was the US Navy that did the study, been a while since I > read bout the study. > If I remember correctly Yum Yum Yellow was the most popular color and black > was the most unpoular color for attracting our sharped toothed friends and > yes they are friends, just like people some just have a bad attitude. I've > been bumped by a couple and been in a feeding frenzey with a couple, of > course I was in the kayak and they were in the water. > Arthur 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. -- Bob Myers InteleNet Communications, Inc. Email: bob_at_InteleNet.net 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550 Phone: 949-851-8250 x227 Irvine, CA 92612 Fax: 949-851-1088 http://www.intelenet.net/ InteleNet Communications is a subsidiary of FirstWorld Communications, Inc. http://www.firstworld.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bob Myers wrote: (on the topic of sharks preferences in food color) <<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. >> I agree with you Bob that none of us should spread silly rumors, but I disagree with the requirements you set forth. There are plenty of "scientists" out there that are not necessarily trustworthy authorities. If there's one thing that I learned from my university days it was that you can get a PHD and still be relatively stupid. Non-scientific media COULD be based on hard research... couldn't it? But, as we should all know, our friends the sharks certainly don't need any further bad press! Cheers, Dave Dave Williams dave_at_paddleasia.com http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Sep 21, 12:07, "Dave Williams" wrote: } Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow > Bob Myers wrote: > (on the topic of sharks preferences in food color) > <<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. >> > > I agree with you Bob that none of us should spread silly rumors, but I > disagree with the requirements you set forth. There are plenty of > "scientists" out there that are not necessarily trustworthy authorities. If > there's one thing that I learned from my university days it was that you can > get a PHD and still be relatively stupid. > > Non-scientific media COULD be based on hard research... couldn't it? But, > as we should all know, our friends the sharks certainly don't need any > further bad press! Fair enough. I just want to see the real study that created the yum yum yellow legend. There's no way to evaluate it until it surfaces. So far it's one of those "everybody knows but no one has seen" sort of things. Nick Gill has seen some kind of reference to the study, but again, where is the study itself? -- Bob Myers InteleNet Communications, Inc. Email: bob_at_InteleNet.net 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550 Phone: 949-851-8250 x227 Irvine, CA 92612 Fax: 949-851-1088 http://www.intelenet.net/ InteleNet Communications is a subsidiary of FirstWorld Communications, Inc. http://www.firstworld.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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