Ralph Mothes and Paloma Werner of Cape Town Sailing Academy in South Africa are old hats when it comes to expeditions on the open seas. But there's no way they could have anticipated Sunday's wildlife encounter when they set out for a routine sail near Robben Island: A 40-ton whale leaped out of the sea and landed on the deck of their boat, the London Daily Telegraph reports. Luckily, Mothes and Werner both came away alive, as did the whale.
Jul 21, 2010 10:45pm
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Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:50 PMJul 21, 2010 10:50 PM
I guarantee he shit his pants.
He's lucky it didn't sink his SB
Jul 21, 2010 10:50pm
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Wed, Jul 21, 2010 11:03 PMJul 21, 2010 11:03 PM
wonder if insurance covers that?
Jul 21, 2010 11:03pm
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 9:03 AMJul 22, 2010 9:03 AM
Not only is the boom destroyed, but the whole portside looks crushed/cracked. Nav station lookes wiped out also.
Hope he had good insurance!
Jul 22, 2010 9:03am
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 10:09 AMJul 22, 2010 10:09 AM
That would be a fun claim to submit to insurance. I AM NOT making this up - a whale jumped on my boat!
Jul 22, 2010 10:09am
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 1:02 PMJul 22, 2010 1:02 PM
I just wanna know how someone with a camera aimed at the boat just happened to be there.
Jul 22, 2010 1:02pm
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 3:48 PMJul 22, 2010 3:48 PM
power i;429884 wrote:I just wanna know how someone with a camera aimed at the boat just happened to be there.
Could have been filming since they are an academy. Those may be still shots of it.
Jul 22, 2010 3:48pm
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 3:50 PMJul 22, 2010 3:50 PM
Do the whales in South Africa have vuvuzelas too?
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 6:55 PMJul 22, 2010 6:55 PM
Just saw this on the news, awesome. The idiots knew whales were going to be around there, that's why they were there, and that's why someone was filming the whales. They saw it coming, it was like jumping every 20 yrds or for about 100 yrds until it finally hit hte boat...it was on a crash course for the boat and the people never jumped off or whatever. Classic moment in whaling history...hahaha.
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Thu, Jul 22, 2010 9:07 PMJul 22, 2010 9:07 PM
Anyone get their head ripped off? If not, this thread sucks.....
