Whale lands on yacht
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.
“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.
The whale crushed the mast and did a lot of damage to the yacht. The whale then swam away.
More pictures and the rest of the story here
Thanks Stewart
Well, that blows
Imagined conversation:
He: “Quit yer blubbering woman, paddle faster.”
She: “But, that just wasn’t right, we could have been krilled.”
He: “What’s de-master with you?”
She: “I’m so blue.”
He: “Yacht to be thankful we’re alive.”
She: “I’m injured, my back, there’s a hump.”
He: “Well I didn’t expect to get off Scott free.”
LOL…. Where’s the real Scott when you need him?
“Did he just flip us off?”
whale! shiver me timbers ! go whale !
He probably thought it was one of those Japanese whaling ships that was doing ‘scientic research’… loool
well done whale!
Ok this was interesting, but I’m laughing so hard I almost peed myself.. next site I went to was blameitonthevoices and saw: