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Reply With Quotebart....I agree.....I hope the whale was ok. Perhaps South Africa doesn't have the same distance regulations when it comes to whale watching.
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Whale smashes sailboat
Whale of a tale! 40-ton mammal lands on yacht - TODAYshow.com
This could ruin your day.A South African couple was out sailing near the country's infamous Robben Island when a 40-ton whale breached and crash-landed on their yacht.
"We were watching the whale flipping its tail for about half an hour," said Cape Town Sailing Academy Administrator Paloma Werner, who was enjoying a Sunday sail with her boyfriend and sailing instructor, Ralph Mothes.
"It reached about 100 to 200 meters from us, then it disappeared under water and reappeared about 10 to 20 meters from the boat, but we didn't think we were on a collision course," she told msnbc.com.
The young Southern Right Whale was longer than their 10-meter yacht — most likely between 11 and 14 meters — Werner said.
"My boyfriend told me to go to the other side of the boat," she said, explaining that they thought it would dive under their vessel.
"All I heard him say was 'Oh sh*&,' and I saw the whale come out of the water and crash against the mast of the boat.Whatever works, use it.
A good idea stands on its own value independent of authorship.
If it stands or falls on the credibility of the author, maybe it isn't such a good idea.
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07-22-2010, 08:36 PM #2
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07-22-2010, 10:14 PM #3
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It is curious to read skeptic comment about the photo.
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07-22-2010, 11:07 PM #4
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journey.....whose comment is skeptical?.....
Originally Posted by journey
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07-22-2010, 11:11 PM #5
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See at the end of the page linked, in the comment section. Originally Posted by Castle-Bravo354
journey.....whose comment is skeptical?.....
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07-22-2010, 11:16 PM #6
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journey.....thanks....I never did get beyond the idiots on the boat....I felt the comments were useless. Originally Posted by journey
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Whatever works, use it.
A good idea stands on its own value independent of authorship.
If it stands or falls on the credibility of the author, maybe it isn't such a good idea.
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07-26-2010, 01:54 PM #8
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Dang!! talk about one of those moments when admiring afar would have been better... LOL :-)
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07-26-2010, 03:37 PM #9
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A sailboat $ 100,000.00
A lunch for two $50.00
Champagne $100.00
Be smashed by a whale.....Priceless!
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07-26-2010, 04:51 PM #10
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ryan.....there is a distance requirement for certain types of boats and also for certain whale behaviors. Originally Posted by ryan6366
These folks would be fined for endangereing the whale in the Northeastern US.
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