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/ ***************************************************************************
Now that is something that I like to hear. Good for Mom! How come she's not on PW? Do you share gear? Joan > 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/ ***************************************************************************
Yes we share gear and she has a quite a few kayaks at her place. My mother is what we refer to her as a Grey Nomad - someone who is retired and goes travelling around. She has trouble getting her kayak on top of her kombi but she has a small plastic one which she can slide in the back between the two front seats. She dosn't go in the open sea but does lake and river trips. Her House backs straight onto a lake (Where I grew up). So I get plenty of paddling in when I visit. It was great when my kids were small as I got them into kayaking (though they haven't taken it up) at an early age. As for paddlewise, She is not interested in the internet - too busy Cheers David -----Original Message----- From: volinjo_at_juno.com [mailto:volinjo_at_juno.com] Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2001 4:01 PM To: Whyte, David Cc: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net; jackie_at_intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Talking about GW sharks Now that is something that I like to hear. Good for Mom! How come she's not on PW? Do you share gear? Joan > 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/ ***************************************************************************
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