tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807883479129915912010-03-14T21:31:21.044+02:00AIRJAWS BlogWeekly updates and pic's about our great white shark trips and other ramblings from Rob and KarenAIRJAWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03820450371299486437airjaws@mweb.co.zaBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280788347912991591.post-7587178183859587492010-03-14T21:31:00.001+02:002010-03-14T21:31:21.164+02:00This blog has moved<br /> This blog is now located at http://airjaws-flying-sharks.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://airjaws-flying-sharks.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://airjaws-flying-sharks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.<br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/280788347912991591-758717818385958749?l=www.ultimate-animals.com%2Fairjaws-flying-sharks.htm' alt='' /></div>AIRJAWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03820450371299486437airjaws@mweb.co.za0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280788347912991591.post-89447434426247767192010-03-14T10:48:00.001+02:002010-03-14T10:55:43.411+02:00First breach of the seasonOh my word, I cant believe its been so long since our last blog post.<br /><br />The end of Feb saw the start of our shark trips to <a href="http://www.ultimate-animals.com/facts/sealisland.htm">Seal Island</a>. We did our first film shoot of the year with the travel channel and Redline productions and since then we have done about 8 shark trips. All but 1 trip we got sharks, which is very good for the intermediate season which can have a 50-70% sightings rate.<br /><br />We finally fitted our booking shop in Simon's town. at the beginning of March, much to my relief, however I have had a frustrating two weeks interviewing potential candidates Some don't pitch or pitch the next day at there own leisure, don't phone to say they will be late, etc etc. However, yesterday I think I finally found the right person. Lets wait and see what progresses. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ultimate-animals.com/uploaded_images/African-Shark-Eco-Charters-shop-2-726996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.ultimate-animals.com/uploaded_images/African-Shark-Eco-Charters-shop-2-726993.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />We went to sea yesterday, and we saw our first breach of the season. It was a decent sized shark of around 4m. As Wellington put the seal decoy in the water, the shark leaped out of the water in a spectacular explosion.<br /><br />We took our new guide to sea today. Shoena is a qualified marine biologist and zoologist and is very excited to be spending shark season with us.<br /><br />Today is the Argus Cycle race. Its blowing a gale outside and I am very glad to not be on a bike in this wind. It does mean we are stuck in our house the entire day, which is really frustrating for the kids, but I am going to take them down to the park just now. They have been really naughty, and last night I found them painting Adams little scooter with some paint that we had used to paint the shop. I had taken it out of the car a few hours before and the kids eye's must have lit up as if they had found the jack pot. Adam had a paint filled roller in one hand and was wielding it like a sword.<br /><br />Best I take them for a walk as my locusts have just destroyed the bathroom.............<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/280788347912991591-8944743442624776719?l=www.ultimate-animals.com%2Fairjaws-flying-sharks.htm' alt='' /></div>AIRJAWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03820450371299486437airjaws@mweb.co.za0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280788347912991591.post-12596411616016432232010-02-22T09:37:00.000+02:002010-02-22T09:37:04.873+02:00Tamsyn's first great white shark trip<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CRob%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CRob%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CRob%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><style>
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</style> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I was so excited when Rob and Karen asked me to join them on their first trip of the season to Seal Island. The closest I have ever come to seeing a Great White Shark is looking at the photos that Rob and other guests had taken on previous trips. The idea of a “flying” shark still seems surreal to me. Because it is still early in the intermediate season I knew that there was a possibility that I might not get to see a shark on our trip, but I had high hopes. Nevertheless it was a successful trip and we managed to see 4 sharks that day!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The run out to Seal Island was nice as the swell wasn’t too bad. We circled around Seal Island for a short while before we dropped anchor. It took me a while to get used to the horrible smell of the guano and the unusual mixture of sounds the seals made. The sound was a combination of bleating sheep, barking dogs and crying babies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-