Phil Allen Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/09/03/reports-shark-attacks-kayak-near-plymouth/PIBHWmL1iDT5WbiXYfpqEK/story.html?p1=Topofpage:sub_headline_1classic bite and see what happens behavior.bestPhil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLConaway Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Dang! Guess my decision to skip Monomoy last Sat. was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Go North, all paddlers!But seriously, this is one scary story!pru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHuth Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Yikes!! Not sure what a person can do other than stay out of the water. There's always a lot of shark activity this time of year - I suppose we were due for something like that, but ….yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nystrom Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 In an interview, one of them said "we went out to see the seals", despite all of the recent publicity about white sharks around seal colonies in the news. They were in a tandem and apparently had no idea how to self-rescue. Draw your own conclusions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I think they were in two singles, not a tandem. At least they had pfd's on, and had a cell phone. More than many rec boaters we see...And I'm not sure self rescue skills would necessarily have helped....had it been me, I'm sure I would just have had a heart attack on the spot! The End!But this sure is an object lesson in not harassing seals by getting too close, altho in this case, I don't think they even saw a seal.pru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintail Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) <...The Plymouth-based Manomet Current reported that a Massachusetts State Police helicopter was called in to search for the shark...>What on earth were they supposed to do about it if they actually <found> the poor creature? All this alarmist reaction...oh, dear me! I'm pretty sure that you'll find surfers around the world still actively...surfing, despite the presence of great whites! How we do panic, don't we? All because of a movie, many years ago?(Apologies: no idea how this font got to be like this!) Edited September 5, 2014 by Pintail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfolster Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Go North, all paddlers!But seriously, this is one scary story!pruDefinitely go North!Recent article has good data on seasonal distribution: http://www.plos.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pone-9-6-curtis.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLConaway Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 While I know you're statistically more likely to be killed by a hippo than a shark (tongue firmly in cheek), it seems to me that paddling around seals may in fact up those odds this time of year. Is it really overreacting to choose your paddling spots carefully when GWs are in the area?I paddled Nauset Marsh this weekend not knowing that the barrier beach had a huge breech (despite having downloaded the NOAA chart, which didn't show it), so I was surrounded by seals (and frankly plenty of boaters) for much of my paddle. It was pretty cool, but I will say there were some dark shadowy figures below that had me wondering ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcosloy Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 As an aside to this story-the news of the shark attacking a kayak was reported on Maine Public Radio yesterday and the commentator after finishing the report declared that if they had purchased their kayak from LL Bean it would be replaced -no questions asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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