Sailing with sharks

REDBULL · Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 75

Here they come. Had some sightings in maine. Mile and a half out. They think they were basking sharks which also look alot like great whites. Would you like to to stick around to tell the diffrence if you were out on the water?

WaterKook · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:43 am Post subject:

I saw the photo of the dorsal fin definitely a basking shark.
Great whites don't swim on the surface all that much.
This is where we windsurf and kite all the time. Notice in this video they never break the surface. Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3f9IOl4IZ8

outcast · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724

They say that the teeth are so sharp that it's not really painful.

wavedawg · Joined: 30 Apr 2001 Posts: 130

Yep, maybe that Maine shark was a basker, but a friend from RI told me some fishermen caught a 10-ft great white in a "fish trap"(something they do in RI, I guess) in early June.

Water's warm, & seals a-plenty, so they're probably here already Shocked

PeconicPuffin · Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830

I had a 7 footer shadow me while I shlogged last year. It was distinctly unpleasant.

http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2009/06/windsurfing-shark-encounter.html

WaterKook · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:04 am Post subject:

wavedawg · Joined: 30 Apr 2001 Posts: 130

Only off by a year?? Embarassed

Just goes to show, don't believe everything you hear/read !! I guess this year's shark didn't get caught, so he must have swam right on by that fish trap on his way to Chatham Shocked

blockidog · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 243 Location: ~~BLA BOYZ~~

blockidog · Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 243 Location: ~~BLA BOYZ~~