Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA173829729; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:48:49 -0700 Return-Path: <gry1@pacbell.net-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA171769718; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:48:38 -0700 Received: from mail-gw6.pacbell.net (mail-gw6.pacbell.net [206.13.28.41]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id MAA01033 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gry1 (ppp-206-170-32-76.snfc21.pacbell.net [206.170.32.76]) by mail-gw6.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA05158 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:38:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "Gerry Mountain" <gry1@pacbell.net-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Sharks in the bay? Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:38:59 -0700 Message-Id: <000401bedde7$d56e1da0$4c20aace@gry1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <37A7425F.F71A45D7@synopsys.com-DeleteThis>
I didn't know that sharks wear caps.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [mailto:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]On
> Behalf Of Greg Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:35 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Sharks in the bay?
>
>
>
> Note: it is estimated that there are only about 100 Great Whites
> that patrol
> the entire coast of California and they tend to patrol a lot of it (have a
> large range) which stretches up to Oregon, with some favorite seal stops
> around Ana Nuevo, the Farralons and Bodega and I think breed off
> Tomales and
> the Farralons. Supposedly they also dig the islands off the Santa Barbara
> channel a bit. Most white sharks stay in the deeper waters by the
> Continental Shelf. While I certainly don't think it's outside
> the realm of
> possibility that a Great White might venture down inside the bay
> some (every
> year Gray Whales make the mistake that SF Bay is the way to
> Alaska), I think
> routinely hangin at the third ave channel marker "seal mecca" that it is,
> might be pushing it.
>
> Either you're joking or you should stop shrooming before you sail. When
> someone says they see great whites at third, they're talking
> about the caps.
>
> Greg
>
> JIM PAUGH wrote:
>
> > Great White sharks are very common in the bay, even around 3rd Ave. I've
> > see fins out around the channel marker routinely. It's amazing how much
> > better my gibes are when I see one in the vicinity!
> >
> > --
> > ~jmp Jim Paugh jpaugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis
>
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