Comments on: One for the amazing sharks

By: Carla

Carla — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:12:46 +0000

Hahaaaa wish I’d been there!!!

Wow you’re looking at boats, how exciting!! Take your time until you feel you’ve found one that feels right. Because when you do, when you feel that one is meant to be your boat, then you won’t mind doing the work it will require. Boats give you so much freedom and happiness, they only ask for maintenance in return. It takes time but it’s healthy. You learn how to fix it. You stay active, smart and fit. But it will only feel right when you can appreciate it because of the true love you feel for your vessel.

Enjoy the search!! Keep us posted, Ken!!

By: fishin4bogey

fishin4bogey — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:24:28 +0000

My friend, the stupidity of the human race knows no bounds!!

Went to a marina today to look at a few boats. As I was walking the dock I saw this FRIGGIN HUGE black and yellow snake!! I about jumped out of my skin! It scared the heck out of me!

Come to find out one of the liveaboards thought it would be funny to leave a rubber snake there to scare people! It dang sure worked!

From a distance I looked at a 42′ Lehete-Bourgeois, a 34′ Bristol, a 33′ Allied Luders, and a very nice 27′ Island Packet. All priced under 30k, and a few under 20! Going to see if the broker will do Saturday showings.

Peace, Love and Happiness to you and The Big Fella!

Ken.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:54:36 +0000

Hahaaaa you’re funny. Yes I love nurse sharks, we see them here often, they’re so majestic, the way they move, so smooth. But even the dangerous ones you know. I got nothing against man hunting for food, although I can’t even touch a fishing rod (ask Alex) but finning is just an atrocity, it shows how stupid we can be a species. It breaks my heart.

By: fishin4bogey

fishin4bogey — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:39:49 +0000

I’m with ya!!

I have logges over 100 dives, and in that time seen maybe 6 sharks. Me personally I have no problem sharing the water with them. There are a few species that you need to pay more attention to, but otherwise a few Caribbean Reef sharks, and a bunch of Nurse Sharks is all I’ve seen.

Now snakes!!! Snakes you can keep. Even the little garden snakes have me running the other way screaming like a little girl! I HATE snakes!!

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:55:50 +0000

The movie that opened my eyes was “Shark waters”, it’s a really cool production. I had no idea. That is why I am trying to spread the word. It’d be so easy! They stop selling the soup, they leave the sharks alone.

Like you say, they’re increadible creatures. We humans are so ridiculously stupid sometimes it blows my mind!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:26:13 +0000

Great blog Carla. I used to fish for sharks from the beach. Not for their meat, but for the fun fight. I never killed one and let them free after every catch. However, I stopped fishing for them because it puts them under a lot of stress, and the hooks often harm their jaws. I think my subconscious goal was just to see them in the wild – to which diving has provided another avenue.

They’re truly amazing animals – honed by millions of years of evolution to a biologically perfect machine. They are hydro-dynamically perfect. Yet, we feel the need to kill them ceaselessly. While finning is illegal in most countries, it still goes on in Asian waters and who knows where else. I remember seeing a National Geographic documentary when I was a kid. It was about sharks, and they showed footage of finning and the markets in Japan. Those images still haunt me.