Re: [Paddlewise] Sharks

Peter:
About 8 or 10 years ago, an aquaintance of mine whom I generally found a
steady and reputable fellow but have since lost contact with, reported that
while crossing between Cape Cod and Martha"s Vineyard "fat, dumb and happy
was paddling allong when something lifted his sit on top kayak from beneath,
ellevated him and his kayak out of the water briefly about a foot and a
half. He nearly tipped over. What ever creature it was, was about as long as
the kayak." he slid off the thing and beat feet out of there "full tilt
boogie" and did not hang around long enough to figure out what exactly it
was. He judged by the texture and collor of its aperance it was some sort of
shark.
We both were unaware that whatever sharks frequent the north east US waters
were quite that big. And were at a los for a conclusive answer. It had been
an unusualy warm summer and the gulf stream that year was unusualy warm as
well. So it could have been at the extreme edge of its natural habitat.
best: Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>
To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:36 AM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Sharks


>  Does anyone know of a shark
> attack on a long sea kayak, a boat say 5 metres long? I am hoping the
> Noahs know that a longer boat is not worth test biting!
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Peter Treby
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