Congrats to Penny Palfrey, her coaches, and support crew on her incredible swim!!! I was following it last night online!:applaud::bow: Steve Mullatones who taught our OW Swim Clinic at SwimFest last month was right there with her as well!
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On two of these occasions, he attempted to hook the sharks with a baited fish. One shark was hooked and the crew member tried to pull the trashing shark into the Zodiac with his bare hands and a fishing line. If anyone has ever tried to pull a 6-8 foot trashing shark into a small Zodiac with bare hands around a fishing line, you will know that is an extraordinarily difficult thing to achieve. The shark was not caught nor pulled into the Zodiac. Without being able to be held or pulled into the Zodiac, I always wonder how the crew member was supposedly able to machete the shark to death, especially since the sharks got away and the crew member never dove in the water and there was no blood in the water and no blood in the Zodiac. I can confirm this because I was in that very Zodiac on the next shift. In summary, I did not see any sharks being killed, although I saw two sharks attempt to be hooked and pulled from the water.
Are you essentially saying that the only reason the sharks were not killed was because they got away? Reserving all judgement until you clarify (if you feel like you need to, which really you don't).
If anyone has ever tried to pull a 6-8 foot thrashing shark into a small Zodiac with bare hands around a fishing line, you will know that is an extraordinarily difficult thing to achieve.
Pshh, I did it twice this morning with one hand (I was flipping an omelet with the other).
On two of these occasions, he attempted to hook the sharks with a baited fish. One shark was hooked and the crew member tried to pull the trashing shark into the Zodiac with his bare hands and a fishing line. If anyone has ever tried to pull a 6-8 foot trashing shark into a small Zodiac with bare hands around a fishing line, you will know that is an extraordinarily difficult thing to achieve. The shark was not caught nor pulled into the Zodiac. Without being able to be held or pulled into the Zodiac, I always wonder how the crew member was supposedly able to machete the shark to death, especially since the sharks got away and the crew member never dove in the water and there was no blood in the water and no blood in the Zodiac. I can confirm this because I was in that very Zodiac on the next shift. In summary, I did not see any sharks being killed, although I saw two sharks attempt to be hooked and pulled from the water.
Are you essentially saying that the only reason the sharks were not killed was because they got away? Reserving all judgement until you clarify (if you feel like you need to, which really you don't).
If anyone has ever tried to pull a 6-8 foot thrashing shark into a small Zodiac with bare hands around a fishing line, you will know that is an extraordinarily difficult thing to achieve.
Pshh, I did it twice this morning with one hand (I was flipping an omelet with the other).
