Hay, you said " I don't ;ike to see readings on my depth sounder for
extended periods of time,..." I guess you also deserve to be attacked.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Anybody running a depth sounder in water deep enough for large
whales deserves to be attacked.

S.Simon


"Sidney Greenstreet" wrote in message
ink.net...
Sydney: Marine electronics technician A.E. Patterson has discovered that
the
depth finder used aboard a sailboat that was attacked by a whale was
faulty
and may have provoked the whale into attacking the craft.
Marine biologist Ian McDonald said the sounds from the defective
transducer
mimicked those of a territorial whale. Patterson added the transducer
may
have given faulty depth readings as well. Yacht skipper Geoff Whitlam
said
he noticed no malfunction of the unit at all and remarked that at the
time
of the attack the head was clogged and being unplugged. Tommy Woodcock,
aboard and unclogging the head at the time of attack added that the
sound of
the pumping unit was quite strange as it was filled with toilet paper
and a
unusually large grogen. "The grogen had fermented for about a day in
the
escape chute" Woodcock asserted. "Perhaps the aquatic mammal recognized
the
yacht as a whale giving birth to a mutated offspring and acted
accordingly".
"Needless to say, it'll be a while before I patronize Rachel Carson's
tuck
shop, I couldn't stomach strolling about with a trolley load of Aussie
pies
and vegemide".