Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA12328; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 15:16:10 -0700 Return-Path: <walterh@hooked.net-DeleteThis> Received: from mom.hooked.net by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA045565770; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 15:16:10 -0700 Received: from none.compuserve.com (ad12-058.compuserve.com [199.174.139.58]) by mom.hooked.net (8.6.10/8.6.5) with SMTP id PAA18416 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 15:13:35 -0700 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 15:13:35 -0700 Message-Id: <199510012213.PAA18416@mom.hooked.net-DeleteThis> X-Sender: walterh@mailhost.hooked.net-DeleteThis X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: Walter Haefeker <walterh@hooked.net-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Davenport:Shark mauls sailboard; surfer lives
Was he attacked while sailing or was he broken down in the water at the time
of the attack?
Walter
At 10:26 AM 10/1/95 -0700, Ken Follosco wrote:
>Shark mauls sailboard; surfer lives
>Mercury News Staff Report
>Published 10/01/95 in the San Jose Mercury News.
>
>A Santa Cruz windsurfer escaped injury when he was attacked by a shark just
>off Davenport Landing on Friday.
>
>The surfer involved in the 5:30 p.m. attack just north of Davenport,
>identified as Mike Sullivan, couldn't be reached for comment Saturday. But
>Matt Haut, who works at Haut Surf and Sail in Santa Cruz, said he witnessed
>the incident, which he termed ``pretty hairy.''
>
>``I saw this real thrashing, lots of white water spray everywhere,'' said
>Haut, who was windsurfing 30 or 40 feet from the spot of the attack. ``I
>saw his board being carried upwind and I saw him swimming frantically away
>from his gear. I knew something was wrong and I sailed up between him and
>his board.
>
>``I saw death in his eyes. He was really, really scared.''
>
>Although the attacked surfer managed to swim ashore and wasn't hurt, Haut
>said, his board was pocked with teeth marks.
>
>``It's definitely a shark bite,'' said Sean Van Sommeran, executive
>director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, who
>examined the bitten board and talked with several witnesses. He estimated
>the animal's size at 12 to 15 feet long.
>~ Ken Follosco ~
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