Top effort here by NSW DPI........superb planning and completion to save the calf, also to keep clear of the mother whale and gain her calm.......everyone involved in this must be congratulated..........
thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nsw/2019/10/04/whale-calf-caught-nets-sydney-beach/
Interesting really. Think about how it will be to see whales back to proper numbers. At Bremer Bay the numbers congregating now are amazing to watch.
Seals increasing too would be great. I come from Esperance and reading some history from early on the statistics are sobering. One single boat load shipped 800,000 seal skins.
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats and numbers of sharks means well nothing really if you take the right precautions. If you want to swim out in the ocean be prepared to be eaten.
I only sail beach cats and ride sups so not a real problem hitting whales for now but I could understand concerns offshore. Nice problem to have and feels good to hear something positive that we have done has lead to the increase of a wild population instead of hearing about another possible extinction.
Personally I think shark nets are cruel and stupid, if that is your mindset then here is a link to lend your voice if you are so inclined.
www.marineconservation.org.au/save-our-sharks/
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats
Yep
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18877090
Select to expand quotesimmrr said..
Interesting really. Think about how it will be to see whales back to proper numbers. At Bremer Bay the numbers congregating now are amazing to watch.
Seals increasing too would be great. I come from Esperance and reading some history from early on the statistics are sobering. One single boat load shipped 800,000 seal skins.
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats and numbers of sharks means well nothing really if you take the right precautions. If you want to swim out in the ocean be prepared to be eaten.
I only sail beach cats and ride sups so not a real problem hitting whales for now but I could understand concerns offshore. Nice problem to have and feels good to hear something positive that we have done has lead to the increase of a wild population instead of hearing about another possible extinction.
It is fantastic to see the surge in numbers again. I'm very interested in finding out more about how we can share playgrounds without blundering into each other, there is little published information on whale avoidance.
I try to make some noise if I'm offshore, but that is just logic, not underpinned by any education or research. We were planing at night with no radio on when we had our altercation , I wrongly thought that whales could hear so well that they would easily pick out a sailboat from the surface noise .
Turns out that is wrong. Or maybe I just got unlucky and came across the only one suffering from tinnitus :)
Thankfully this was the only real damage, aside from abrasions on the leading edge of the keel.
Select to expand quoteshaggybaxter said..simmrr said..
Interesting really. Think about how it will be to see whales back to proper numbers. At Bremer Bay the numbers congregating now are amazing to watch.
Seals increasing too would be great. I come from Esperance and reading some history from early on the statistics are sobering. One single boat load shipped 800,000 seal skins.
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats and numbers of sharks means well nothing really if you take the right precautions. If you want to swim out in the ocean be prepared to be eaten.
I only sail beach cats and ride sups so not a real problem hitting whales for now but I could understand concerns offshore. Nice problem to have and feels good to hear something positive that we have done has lead to the increase of a wild population instead of hearing about another possible extinction.
It is fantastic to see the surge in numbers again. I'm very interested in finding out more about how we can share playgrounds without blundering into each other, there is little published information on whale avoidance.
I try to make some noise if I'm offshore, but that is just logic, not underpinned by any education or research. We were planing at night with no radio on when we had our altercation , I wrongly thought that whales could hear so well that they would easily pick out a sailboat from the surface noise .
Turns out that is wrong. Or maybe I just got unlucky and came across the only one suffering from tinnitus :)
Thankfully this was the only real damage, aside from abrasions on the leading edge of the keel.
Man that must have scared the crap out of you? Looks like you got off lightly in the end though.
Select to expand quoteshaggybaxter said..simmrr said..
Interesting really. Think about how it will be to see whales back to proper numbers. At Bremer Bay the numbers congregating now are amazing to watch.
Seals increasing too would be great. I come from Esperance and reading some history from early on the statistics are sobering. One single boat load shipped 800,000 seal skins.
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats and numbers of sharks means well nothing really if you take the right precautions. If you want to swim out in the ocean be prepared to be eaten.
I only sail beach cats and ride sups so not a real problem hitting whales for now but I could understand concerns offshore. Nice problem to have and feels good to hear something positive that we have done has lead to the increase of a wild population instead of hearing about another possible extinction.
It is fantastic to see the surge in numbers again. I'm very interested in finding out more about how we can share playgrounds without blundering into each other, there is little published information on whale avoidance.
I try to make some noise if I'm offshore, but that is just logic, not underpinned by any education or research. We were planing at night with no radio on when we had our altercation , I wrongly thought that whales could hear so well that they would easily pick out a sailboat from the surface noise .
Turns out that is wrong. Or maybe I just got unlucky and came across the only one suffering from tinnitus :)
Thankfully this was the only real damage, aside from abrasions on the leading edge of the keel.
You forget to turn on the underwater siren? It's getting that way sailing at night up here.
Select to expand quote2bish said..shaggybaxter said..simmrr said..
Interesting really. Think about how it will be to see whales back to proper numbers. At Bremer Bay the numbers congregating now are amazing to watch.
Seals increasing too would be great. I come from Esperance and reading some history from early on the statistics are sobering. One single boat load shipped 800,000 seal skins.
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats and numbers of sharks means well nothing really if you take the right precautions. If you want to swim out in the ocean be prepared to be eaten.
I only sail beach cats and ride sups so not a real problem hitting whales for now but I could understand concerns offshore. Nice problem to have and feels good to hear something positive that we have done has lead to the increase of a wild population instead of hearing about another possible extinction.
It is fantastic to see the surge in numbers again. I'm very interested in finding out more about how we can share playgrounds without blundering into each other, there is little published information on whale avoidance.
I try to make some noise if I'm offshore, but that is just logic, not underpinned by any education or research. We were planing at night with no radio on when we had our altercation , I wrongly thought that whales could hear so well that they would easily pick out a sailboat from the surface noise .
Turns out that is wrong. Or maybe I just got unlucky and came across the only one suffering from tinnitus :)
Thankfully this was the only real damage, aside from abrasions on the leading edge of the keel.
Man that must have scared the crap out of you? Looks like you got off lightly in the end though.
G'day 2bish,
yep, took about 10 yrs off me 
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Folded the keel back, that was about it. Which was a lot better than the other gent I know that hit a whale. Sydney 41, half tore the sail drive out of the boat, they were bailing madly and under tow and barely made it back in time.
Select to expand quotegarymalmgren said..
Increasing whales obviously means a risk to boats
Yep
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18877090
Orcas, "killer whales" are not whales at all, they are from the dolphin family. Smart, and can be nasty.
Select to expand quote"Orcas ....... Smart, and can be nasty "
Remind anyone of another earthly species ?
Yes didn't want to include the shark net mention in the initial topic so thanks for bringing it up - just plain dumb. We were up and down the coast from Botany Bay to Wollongong this long weekend and saw about 3 whale full breaches and around 10 more coming up to the surface before they dived again - one of the latter 300m off us - that tail was unbelievable. We tried to work out their path and not coincide with it............how do you do that with confidence. And then the dolphins escorting us down at one stage, and seals and penguins, not to mention the albatrosses and mutton birds. Great to see all these and hopefully they are thriving.
