so, late last night i switched programs and can across a shark program. here a guy by the name Graig O'Connell was investigating an alternative to shark nets and preventing shark attacks. he made a barrier of pvc pipes, something like a forest of kelp. each pipe floated and must of had magnets spaced out along its length. the spacing or quantity of magents i still have to determine but what i saw was incredible, Graig himself, dived into this barrier with a hand full of bull sharks on the hunt at night. the sharks did not cross the barrier.
there are loads of info on the net and i just cant understand why us kayakers havent implemented this simple and very effective discovery to prevent sharks from coming close or toothing a kayak or kayaker, even surfers for that matter. my thoughts at this stage is to insert a few small strong type magnets in the kayak, spaced out every half a meter or so to creat a magnetic field. these magnets are to be glued so that they dont move about when handling the kayak.
so, tell us, what are your thoughts?
btw, here is a wiki link to wet your thoughts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_shark_repellent
there are loads of info on the net and i just cant understand why us kayakers havent implemented this simple and very effective discovery to prevent sharks from coming close or toothing a kayak or kayaker, even surfers for that matter. my thoughts at this stage is to insert a few small strong type magnets in the kayak, spaced out every half a meter or so to creat a magnetic field. these magnets are to be glued so that they dont move about when handling the kayak.
so, tell us, what are your thoughts?
btw, here is a wiki link to wet your thoughts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_shark_repellent