My Mother was chatting to the fellow who was in the kayaking group that got attacked by the GW a few weeks ago. THe fellow said the shark came straight up from below hitting the kayak from underneath sending it about 1.5 metres into the air. The kayak was flipped over and the occupant had to do a wet exit. He said this was the most scary part, being in the water with the shark (estimated at 5 metres) still around. Although the kayak was damaged it was as great as they would have expected. They believe the shark hit the boat with its snout rather than biting it. THe other paddlers came over and helped him back in the boat. Up until the time of the attack they had seen no sign of a shark. Someone once told me (but I don't know if this is true or not) that its the sharks you don't see that are the worry. My mother is still paddling at 71 so I hope I have plenty of paddling years left. She didn't take it up until near 60. Its great at Christmas time as she knows what gear to buy me for a present Cheers David Australia *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 18:54:39 PST
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