We're Like Planes- Jay McGuiness

Chapter 23:

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~Bonnie’s POV~

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Love singing, a lonely call of a gull across the watery desert. A lonely life soaring so high above the density and depression of the ocean that sparkled and danced every time the warm sunlight would drip onto the surface.

Flying. It felt like flying. From the deck of the boat I could feel the spray of the ocean hit my cheeks and the wind tugging at my hair. If only I didn’t have to do this alone.

I sighed, somehow the inspiration was lost and it felt more like a retelling of the early events from this morning. I needed Jay. I needed another point to this book other than changing the names and the faces but leaving it basically my life within the page. Yes, I was working on my book (The one from the beginning if you can’t remember). Even if that, it seemed like some cheesy boat scene from Titanic or King Kong.

“Maybe you should stick to killing people in your stories Bonnie,” Nicki suggested walking into my room with a few pieces of paper.

“Yeah but then I look like James Patterson who somehow links disturbing sex into every single one of his books,” I say shuddering and pulling a face.

“Yeah, but he writes crime books,” she stated.

“Not everything involves some creep pretending to be ‘The Great Lover called Casanova’ who goes around stealing girls from boats in the middle of the lake and shit! You know, if he started nick naming the guy Cas it might have ruined my life,” I state.

“You need a better life,” she continued and rolled her eyes, “Do you have the blurby thing done yet?” she asked.

I nodded and went to get the information summed up and done for her and her organisation. It took me a while to dig through all the stuff I’d brought, but finally I found it. “Here you go,” I say and hand her the page. She looked at with an eyebrow lifted.

“The Great White Shark Project runs out of Klein Bay, which is just outside of Gansbaai, South Africa – a seaside village located approximately two hours southeast of Cape Town on the Indian Ocean coast. The shark trips primarily take place off Dyer and Geyser Islands, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) or a 20 minute boat trip offshore. The boats anchor in the 6 meter deep channel (“Shark Alley”) between Dyer and Geyser Islands. Dyer Island (larger island) is a breeding ground of Jackass Penguins, Cape Cormorants and Gannets, while Geyser Rock (smaller island) is a breeding ground for approximately 60,000 Cape Fur Seals. Shark Alley is a magnet for Great White Sharks due to this breeding colony of seals, their favourite prey, and is a wonderful area for cage diving as there are reefs, islands and huge kelp beds which all provide protection from the open sea swell and wind.

Finding the Great White Shark is a skill, involving years of practice - the water temperature, depth, visibility, swell height, current and wind direction are all major factors. Over the years, the project has successfully “tagged” over 400 sharks, allowing them to track and record shark activity. Great White Sharks are surface feeders, so volunteers will be spellbound when seeing the Great White lift its head right out of the water to take the bait, and sometimes breach completely. Divers will get to experience Great Whites from the safety of cages, while non-divers have a great opportunity to view the sharks from the safety of the boat, where exhilarating photographs and video footage may be captured at close range. In Shark Alley, you will likely also see seals, penguins and the occasional dolphins frolicking near the islands, as well as magnificent southern right whales coming up from Antarctica to breed from May to November. These expeditions are more than just thrill-seeking adventures, they are educational experiences.”