Whale destroys boat, 'says sorry'

[bluewaterP72]

Whale destroys boat, \'says sorry\'

The boat of Lindsay Wright, an New Zealand sailor, was hit by a whale and sunk. However, the whale came back and seemed sorry. The sailor "got good vibes off him".

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/nz.whale.reut/

 

[sarabande]

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Whale was probably reviewing the onboard protein value, and decided it wasn't worth it. These Kwis can be a bit tough, y'know !

 

[gjeffery]

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"Wright said he had been sleeping when he was awoken by a loud noise and rushed up on deck to find himself staring at a whale's head about a foot away."

The boat hit the whale because the crew was asleep and not keeping a lookout. The boat should apologize to the whale.

 

[Gordon]

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We keep hearing of whales being hit by round the world yachties.....this whale had obviously had enough and was getting its own back for all his/her mates that have been knobbled with a keel or rudder.

 

[bedouin]

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The boat hit the whale because the crew was asleep and not keeping a lookout. The boat should apologize to the whale.

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Was the whale showing the correct navigation lights?

 

[Seven Spades]

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Was it white?

 

[Helina]

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and maybe more important is if AIS was on !

 

[rogerthebodger]

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There way a TV program on National Geographic a little while ago about the Robinson's whos yacht was sunk by a pod of killer whales back in the 1970's

 

[FWB]

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Their book Survive the Savage Sea is a great read. After all that he died of cancer years later.

 

[DeeGee]

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There way a TV program on National Geographic a little while ago about the Robinson's whos yacht was sunk by a pod of killer whales back in the 1970's

[/ QUOTE ]Was that a family from Switzerland, or maybe C. Rusoe?

 

[Dipper]

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Quite right. It was the boat's fault.

The whale wasn't hanging around to say 'Sorry'. It was trying to exchange insurance details with the skipper. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[boatmike]

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What was he on? Can you imagine being sunk by a gert big whale that comes around for a second look ( probably on the basis of saying the whale equivalent of what the F was that?) and saying..... "I got good vibes off him man".....
Could only be a Kiwi or Californian...... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[davidhand]

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Q. How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. None 'cause in California we screw in hot tubs.

 

[boatmike]

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Yeah! I know... I used to live in San Diego.
Had to come back to England to change the light bulbs though.....