you think he was here for just the day? :)
I have seen more bull sharks caught in our waters than any other shark recently...
Wildest encounter
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Posted: Sep 03, 2013 - 08:16 AM
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Posted: Oct 24, 2013 - 08:34 PM
In the summer of 1999 I was in Oman for work, when the work was done I had to wait for my flight back to Amsterdam over the weekend. A local sailor invited me to join their annual Laser regatta at their expat yacht-club.
To get myself familiar with the dinghy I borrowed a Laser standard from a friendly local sailor. Set sail friday-afternoon and had a good time. Just when I was about to turn back, was quit far out at sea, a big shadow slid under
the dinghy. Moments later a dark grey fin popped up alongside me. The shark was almost twice the size of the dinghy, and never ever I felt more scared in my whole life. I eased the main and gently sailed back to the club, making sure not to make any sudden moves or noises. The shark did swim alongside the dinghy for 2 or 3 minutes, although it seemed like a lifetime to me. Back at the club the owner told me he forgot to tell me not to go the direction I went, it was called shark's cliff.... he grinned.
Although it was not on a beachcat, it is still one of the scariest moments in my sailing-life..
André
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Tornado (80's Reg White)
Prindle 18-2 (sold)
Dart 16 (hired and hooked)
13 mtr steel cutter (sold)
Etap 22, unsinkable sailing pocket cruiser.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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