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juggernaut1

juggernaut1

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Apr 19, 2015
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Perth, Western Australia
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Boatless - sold Searay 38 Sundancer
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Summer holidays in Oz on our 38. A few snaps from today where we spent the day anchored in the estuary near our marina, swimming, eating and drinking. Finished off the day with our local delicacy ....Crayfish (Western Rock Lobster) which one of my marina buddies caught, cooked and gave to us.

Rinse and repeat tomorrow....although I'm pretty sure I've already got my annual dose of UV and vitamin D in two weeks :p.

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Jugger- I take it you are not near the fires. Sounds pretty rough in that region.
 
glenncal1 said:
Jugger- I take it you are not near the fires. Sounds pretty rough in that region.
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glenncal1, the fires are on the eastern side of the country whereas I am on the west coast. Whilst fires do and have occurred here this summer, we have prescribed burning under controlled conditions prior to the fire season which reduces the fuel load in our bushlands and therefore the severity of our fires here.
 
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juggernaut1 said:
Summer holidays in Oz on our 38. A few snaps from today where we spent the day anchored in the estuary near our marina, swimming, eating and drinking. Finished off the day with our local delicacy ....Crayfish (Western Rock Lobster) which one of my marina buddies caught, cooked and gave to us.

Rinse and repeat tomorrow....although I'm pretty sure I've already got my annual dose of UV and vitamin D in two weeks :p.

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An Aussie bought my Tiara. He was telling me how much he likes swimming off the back of a boat in our fresh water. His relatives visit and won't go in the water because of a great fear of sharks. We don't have them as you know,but he claims the sharks in Australia hunt humans and hang out near swim platforms. You obviously do not share that concern. Is the threat over rated? Great pix. Enjoy your season.
 
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An Aussie bought my Tiara. He was telling me how much he likes swimming off the back of a boat in our fresh water. His relatives visit and won't go in the water because of a great fear of sharks. We don't have them as you know,but he claims the sharks in Australia hunt humans and hang out near swim platforms. You obviously do not share that concern. Is the threat over rated? Great pix. Enjoy your season.
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There was a 4 metre bull shark last year in the estuary where I swim. We anchor about 500 metres in from open ocean so you'd be naive to think sharks won't come in the estuary. I won't swim in open ocean off the back of the boat though nor beaches on overcast days or in evenings. Jumping in the water it's always in the back of my mind. That said not all sharks are killers though, but I wouldn't like to come across a white or bull shark. The whites tend to follow the whale migration up our west coast where they calve in our warmer northern waters then return with there young back to cooler waters.

We have a shark watch app where we can see where sharks have been reported. Just need to be vigilant.
 
juggernaut1 said:
There was a 4 metre bull shark last year in the estuary where I swim. We anchor about 500 metres in from open ocean so you'd be naive to think sharks won't come in the estuary. I won't swim in open ocean off the back of the boat though nor beaches on overcast days or in evenings. Jumping in the water it's always in the back of my mind. That said not all sharks are killers though, but I wouldn't like to come across a white or bull shark. The whites tend to follow the whale migration up our west coast where they calve in our warmer northern waters then return with there young back to cooler waters.

We have a shark watch app where we can see where sharks have been reported. Just need to be vigilant.
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Wow... can’t imagine. A shark app?.. is it like Waze for sharks?... because Waze doesn’t work... but I only have tickets to prove it
 
There was a fellow I knew a little bit that was having some problems with life. He had made his living in the water doing one thing or another, a diver, underwater construction, and even a little treasure hunting. An injury affected his ability to dive/work. Depression, drugs, and alcohol were part of his regular day. One day he decided to hell with everything. He lived in the Fl panhandle near the Gulf so he went to the water and started swimming, he planned to swim until he couldn't swim anymore.

He left a note at home before he left. A family member found it in time, folks went out searching for him. He was an excellent swimmer and by the time they found him he was about 5 miles out. He was crossing a reef with two large bull sharks tailing him about 30' back. He wouldn't have went much farther, he said he was tired out. The rescuers said the bull sharks did not want to leave him until they pulled him aboard. Who knows what would have happened once he got tired enough and floundered in the water.

I dunno guys, sometimes way out on Superior I dive from the boat, look down into the dark water, and sharks will give me the heebie-jeebies:eek:....and we don't even have them here.
 
Woody said:
There was a fellow I knew a little bit that was having some problems with life. He had made his living in the water doing one thing or another, a diver, underwater construction, and even a little treasure hunting. An injury affected his ability to dive/work. Depression, drugs, and alcohol were part of his regular day. One day he decided to hell with everything. He lived in the Fl panhandle near the Gulf so he went to the water and started swimming, he planned to swim until he couldn't swim anymore.

He left a note at home before he left. A family member found it in time, folks went out searching for him. He was an excellent swimmer and by the time they found him he was about 5 miles out. He was crossing a reef with two large bull sharks tailing him about 30' back. He wouldn't have went much farther, he said he was tired out. The rescuers said the bull sharks did not want to leave him until they pulled him aboard. Who knows what would have happened once he got tired enough and floundered in the water.

I dunno guys, sometimes way out on Superior I dive from the boat, look down into the dark water, and sharks will give me the heebie-jeebies:eek:....and we don't even have them here.
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Woody said:
There was a fellow I knew a little bit that was having some problems with life. He had made his living in the water doing one thing or another, a diver, underwater construction, and even a little treasure hunting. An injury affected his ability to dive/work. Depression, drugs, and alcohol were part of his regular day. One day he decided to hell with everything. He lived in the Fl panhandle near the Gulf so he went to the water and started swimming, he planned to swim until he couldn't swim anymore.

He left a note at home before he left. A family member found it in time, folks went out searching for him. He was an excellent swimmer and by the time they found him he was about 5 miles out. He was crossing a reef with two large bull sharks tailing him about 30' back. He wouldn't have went much farther, he said he was tired out. The rescuers said the bull sharks did not want to leave him until they pulled him aboard. Who knows what would have happened once he got tired enough and floundered in the water.

I dunno guys, sometimes way out on Superior I dive from the boat, look down into the dark water, and sharks will give me the heebie-jeebies:eek:....and we don't even have them here.
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When I was on crayfishing boats over at the Abroholas Islands the sharks follow the crayboats around in the morning for the old bait getting thrown overboard. Generally they were Bronze Whalers with about 8 to 10 following each boat around. Some fisherman were known to hand feed them as they were just under the surface next to the side of the boat and would feed in some sort of hierarchy with no fanfare.

No point in fishing in the morning though as whatever you caught would get bitten off before you got it in board, so we would fish in the afternoon when they had all disappeared.
 
Woody said:
I dunno guys, sometimes way out on Superior I dive from the boat, look down into the dark water, and sharks will give me the heebie-jeebies:eek:....and we don't even have them here.
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Are you sure Woody? I've heard stories that say otherwise:)
 
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Are you sure Woody? I've heard stories that say otherwise:)
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I listened to an old native guy from Lanse tell stories of what he used to see when he was a kid. Some wild stories, no sharks though. He'd hook a gallon jug of Muscatel with his finger, throw it up by his shoulder and take a good pull every once in a while, there's a chance he was exaggerating some.:D
 
Beautiful pics.

Looking at that app, well....just kind of creeped me out. I suppose if I grew up in that environment, I'd probably feel the way you do...maybe...well, probably not.
 
What we love so much about the Great Lakes, Salt Free & Shark Free. So what do I do for fun is diving in the Warm salt waters of the Caribbean, I came across a big Bull Shark on my last dive near Mexico and as beautiful and graceful it looked I’m thinking in the back of my mind “I have
To read the fine print of my life insurance policy”.
 
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