*Captain Grimshaw has been asked by the producer of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week, to be part of next seasons show, a 25th Anniversary Show. Ken was instrumental in making this ABC one hour American Sportsman episode possible. This event hapenenedback in the late 1970's,"JAWS" era.A Great White Shark was tagged and tracked as it swam the length of the South Shore of L.I., N.Y. This had never been done before in the Atlantic Ocean,and is a historic event!
*** Captain Kenneth Grimshaw is one of the Worlds leading experts on Great White Sharks in their natural enviornment! Captain Grimshaw's one hour,American Sportsman
video/lecture presentation is highly entertaining and very informative.Having been part of these true life adventures both on the high seas and in the air, he makes the lecture come alive with excitement leaving the audience facinated and spell-bound! The true story, a huge media event in the Jaws era, happened off Montauk,N.Y. This was the first time that a great White Shark had ever been tagged and then tracked!
*Join Captain Grimshaw,Enrichment Lecturer, on the RCCL.com Freedom of the Seas,March 11th-18th, Eastern Caribbean Cruise,Sailing from Port Canaveral,Fl.
The author, a native East Hampton Bonacker, is a fifteen thousand hour airline transport rated pilot. He had the utmost privilege for years, of meeting and flying America’s Who’s Who! He than spent the other half of his life flying a Super Cub off Montauk, L.I.,N.Y., spotting Swordfish, Giant Tuna, Whales, and Great White Sharks! During this time frame he was also the captain of sport fishing boats catching many of these same game fish!
In the summer of 1978, he was the only one to capture visible photographs of a Great White Shark that had been harpooned that same day. In Mr. Grimshaw’s photos taken from his fish spotting Super Cub, the shark is visible under water!
His photos were used by none other than Walter Cronkite on the CBS evening news that night! He was also interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America by Jane Pauley! One of his Great White Shark photos was on the front page of the New York Daily News! Nick Karas, Newsday’s chief sports writer interviewed, fished with, and wrote about Mr. Grimshaw several times that summer. Peter Benchley (The author of “JAWS”) fished with Mr. Grimshaw for over a week!
He then received his fifteen minutes of fame with Curt Gowdy which led to a one hour ABC American Sportsman episode! These Great White Shark capers led to his appearances on other American Sportsman shows, also morning TV shows, and many newspaper interviews and articles!
He also had the good fortune to be invited to fly the Concorde at mach 2.2, twice the speed of sound, and a once in a life time opportunity as the only American to fly the “Hermes” the European space shuttle simulator!