Peter Treby wrote: - >Anyone, maybe PeterO or PeterR, have any more details of >the attack reported today at: G'Day, Accordng to various news items: - A man was kayaking near the Cabarita Marina when he was attacked. The marina is in the inner harbour area of a large "industrial" river, called the Parramatta. About 7:00 or 8:00pm his boat was hit by a shark and he was thrown into the water. A local policeman was quoted by the ABC news station as saying "Something flung him into the water, hit his kayak and the shark rammed his chest and he's seen it then that it was a shark," he started swimming to a nearby navigation buoy then "He felt it as he was swimming, his hand punched the back of the shark or the head of the shark and he could feel it circling him and then he made it to the buoy and he scrambled up and then he screamed for help,". He was rescued by some local fishermen. sit in river kayak, but I'm not sure. It had a yellow deck and white hull. It was reported to have a large bite mark and part of a tooth imbedded in the stern, but all I could see were some black marks as though the shark were grazing (tasting) the kayak. The kayaker was bruised had some minor cuts from barnacles as he climbed on the buoy and was held in hospital overnight. Every few years theres a report of a shark attack on a boat or swimmer in the rivers flowing into Sydney harbour. The last three in this area were in January 1996, February 1997 and March 2000. The 1996 attack was the first recorded in Sydney harbour since 1963. I guess the harbour is cleaning up a bit!. Its summer here and there has been a great deal of seasonal torrential rain in the last two weeks and theres a lot of fish about. I wonder if it was significant that there were fishermen nearby? I've never heard of an attack on a sailing dinghy. Maybe the sail frightens them. If the weather's OK we'll be paddling in the same general area this weekend (Balmain), so will keep our fingers crossed (toes if we're paddling) and avoid fishermen. Its going to be too windy to go along the coast (40 to 50 knots). All the best, PeterO See also http://www.abc.net.au/news/2002/02/item20020208080500_1.htm *************************************************************************** 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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