Carcass

Wind was easing this week for the first time this month. Late decision to go for a quick run and have a go at driving the ski off trailer at launching. This was such a simple process off and back on. Will need to see how it goes at the river ramp with plenty current that doesn’t exist at the Harbour.

Leaving the Harbour and opening it up into open water, gave me such sense of freedom. Conditions were great the islands had a bit of haze, so made heading for Keswick. Become a light lumpy as it seems to always do on that crossing.

The Islands afforded flat conditions and the same for the passage. Headed out the northern entrance, around the top of St Bees and down the eastern side. It lumped up a little.

Went through the gap at Aspatria Island and make my way back to the Harbour. Mainland was completely hazed out, so just headed SW. Looking ahead I thought there was boat fishing and happy to make that a heading. As I got closer the possibilities were becoming crazy then eerie that it was a whale carcass.

Probably 25 klms from the mainland & solo was a gruesome, sickly and not a welcome find.

You cant see the mainland in the background due to the haze. Center front of the carcass you can just spot the sharks tail.

After taking several photos I started to video and drifted in closer. Concentrating on video movement caught my eye, between me and the carcass. As my eyes focused on the shark it turned off his heading of me to go to my right. I sat down, gave some acceleration and moved off whilst securing camera. Headed back some what rigid. Exaggeration is easy in circumstances, I am convinced this was as long as the ski 3.5M.

The shark images are taken from the video that wasn’t great. Am thinking Tiger ?

This gunk has been around a couple of months now and closing on the mainland and seems thicker. Normally the spray the ski sends up and out is white, turned brown when travelling through this leaving mud like splatters on the ski. That wasn’t happening last month.

Here the gunk is making its way into the inner Harbour. Loaded the ski around 1pm. To end my run. Impressed at how easy to drive off and on the ski from trailer.

Thanks George