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!
www.compasscayman.com/.../
No sharks were killed on this swim.
Jeff Kozlovich was on the boat standing next to Norma Connolly (the reporter who started the shark killing rumor) when the shark was hooked.
kozhawaii.blogspot.com/.../penny-palfreys-core-team-member-speaks.html
Steve Munatones was on the boat as well:
www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/.../penny-smiles-but-others-do-not.html
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These are the findings of the interview with Ebanks (the alleged shark killer) and the locals who were on the boat crew as well as the Department of Tourism findings on this matter:
www.facebook.com/.../238834866128494
Sharks were hooked and dragged away, not good for the sharks... but far better than dying. Read the part of jeffs article where it talks about what Penny and her Support Crew had decided to do about sharks. Ebanks was part of the Boat Crew... there is a difference in the boat crew and Penny's support Crew, the biggest distinction I can find is that Penny hand picked her Support Crew and the Boat Crew came with the boat. If I find that I am wrong about the latter I will post a retraction.
When all this is put together the gist of it is more "sharks were hooked baited and dragged off by a fisherman whose only reply when he came back was I got rid of them and that was taken the wrong way by the reporter" rather than "3 sharks were chopped up and bleeding in the water around a swimmer thus putting her in more danger"
No one is saying that no sharks were HARMED (hooks hurt), just that they were not killed.
Hopefully this is true,but all we really have to go on is Mr Ebanks statement which doesn't preclude the possibility that the dragging away may have been more harmful that stated/understood.
No sharks were killed on this swim.
Jeff Kozlovich was on the boat standing next to Norma Connolly (the reporter who started the shark killing rumor) when the shark was hooked.
kozhawaii.blogspot.com/.../penny-palfreys-core-team-member-speaks.html
Steve Munatones was on the boat as well:
www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/.../penny-smiles-but-others-do-not.html
...
These are the findings of the interview with Ebanks (the alleged shark killer) and the locals who were on the boat crew as well as the Department of Tourism findings on this matter:
www.facebook.com/.../238834866128494
Sharks were hooked and dragged away, not good for the sharks... but far better than dying. Read the part of jeffs article where it talks about what Penny and her Support Crew had decided to do about sharks. Ebanks was part of the Boat Crew... there is a difference in the boat crew and Penny's support Crew, the biggest distinction I can find is that Penny hand picked her Support Crew and the Boat Crew came with the boat. If I find that I am wrong about the latter I will post a retraction.
When all this is put together the gist of it is more "sharks were hooked baited and dragged off by a fisherman whose only reply when he came back was I got rid of them and that was taken the wrong way by the reporter" rather than "3 sharks were chopped up and bleeding in the water around a swimmer thus putting her in more danger"
No one is saying that no sharks were HARMED (hooks hurt), just that they were not killed.
Hopefully this is true,but all we really have to go on is Mr Ebanks statement which doesn't preclude the possibility that the dragging away may have been more harmful that stated/understood.
