how would you be?

[thied]

If you were on your yacht of cape town off the coast of South Africa, and a whale jumps on your yacht. saw is on the news tonight , not very nice of the whale lucky no one was hurt.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8840000/newsid_8843900/8843928.stm

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[CruiseW827]

I saw that earlier in the day. Oh My that would scare the beejeebers out of me. Talk about getting up close to nature. WOW.

[thied]

yes I'm with you, some that you would not expect to happen. but over the years there have been a few whales that have jumps on to boats .

[AndyTheMan]

If anyone wants to read a good book related to this topic, try to find a book called "in the heart of the sea' by a guy called Nathan Philbrick (I think thats how you spell it.

 

Many do not know that Moby Dick was actually based on a true story of a 1800's whaling ship from Nantucket that was wrecked by a whale about 500 miles west of Tahiti. aroun 30 sailors went into small whaling boats and sailed east for around 3-4 month towards Chile - to survive they began to eat each other as they perished. Only half a dozen survived - some were loeft on a deserted island part way across the sea - their bodies discovered a few years later.

 

"In the heart of hte sea" tells the true story of this event - I read it on my last cruise.

 

Good book for those that like sea related stories - its non-fiction though!

 

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[Vader1111]

There have been recorded instances of whales jumping on boats, as depicted in that photo... but that photo is almost certainly a fake, courtesy of photoshop.

[CruiseW827]

Actually that photo was taken from the whale watching vessel that was nearby when the incident happened. As well as the photo of the whale on the boat.

[thied]

there is also a video on the news