Close encounter of the whale kind wrecks a yacht

TQA · #1 (**permalink**) 07-21-2010

SEE CLICKY

If these pics are genuine and not Photoshopped then they had a real bad day.

nolatom · #2 (**permalink**) 07-21-2010

Classic windward- leeward situation. The whale withdrew rather than face the protest committee..

tomwatt · #3 (**permalink**) 07-21-2010

Already posted here several hours ago...
http://www.sailnet.com/forums/genera...out-whale.html

TQA · #4 (**permalink**) 07-21-2010

WHOOPS A Double post and a duplication of an earlier post.

Sorry guys still it is an amazing shot if genuine.

killarney_sailor · #5 (**permalink**) 07-21-2010

We had a close encounter (~10') with a similar-sized sperm whale a couple hundred miles north of St Thomas last November. We were on a T-bone collision course - we were on starboard and the whale curved just astern of us. Glad s(he) decided to go around the stern rather than over us. We certainly were far too excited to find the camera until it was much too late.