Sometimes an inflatable boat is not a good idea.

Brian S

Brian S

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Nov 9, 2012
2,500
Oday 192 Lake Nockamixon
Good thing it was a RIB - rigid inflatable boat, so they still had some hull left get back on.

I know a guy in CA who likes to kayak the coast, and who usually does a Catalina lunch trip once a year. (He leaves at like 4am, makes it to Catalina to have lunch, then turns around and paddles back to the mainland.)

Anyway, he was out in his homemade stitch and glue plywood kayak off the coats once, and a Great White came up to take an exploratory nibble right up by his feet! Talk about screaming like a baby. He said he never paddled home so fast in his life! Lest you think this is a tall tale, I have seen the pictures of the bite mark, including a shark tooth still stuck in the wood!

Yep, there are pictures of the kayak here: http://sharkattacksurvivors.com/shark_attack/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=1398
 
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Chief RA

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Nov 26, 2012
2,315
Catalina 250 Bodega Bay CA
RECESS: I hope you realize that an aluminum or plastic dingy with that serious of an attack would have been sunk and nothing left to get you home, or at least to stay on and keep away from the shark. Swamping is your most serious problem on a rigid hull even with styrofoam flotation in it and will not keep you above the waterline like an inflatable with 3 or 4 air compartments. Of course there is no GOOD dingy to be in in this attack mode! Chief
 
RECESS

RECESS

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Dec 20, 2003
1,505
Pearson 323 . St. Mary's Georgia
My Water Tender 9.4 tastes really bad. I have fallen in it and have landed on my lips. No shark would bite it. :D
 
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Chief RA

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Nov 26, 2012
2,315
Catalina 250 Bodega Bay CA
RECESS: I can tell you this much, if Gunni or I were in that boat there is a good chance that shark would have a BIG bullet hole in his head! Chief
 
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Benny17441

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May 24, 2004
7,173
CC 30 South Florida
I would not think they would have a problem skimming the water at 35 knots but if you heave to and harass a big white you better have a steel hull.
 
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