40-Ton Whale Breaches & Lands On Yacht [PICS]
 

Whale of a tale! 40-ton mammal lands on yacht - Jul 2010
Massive animal leaves behind 'blubber and barnacles' and a broken mast

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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.

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:2 cents: Damn. :(

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This whale is unbelievable. It weights 40-ton and it eats small plankton to survive.
The yacht has a broken mast.

insane stuff. Dude must have been in quite some shock, hehe

ok that has to be a photoshop.. what are the chances that the guy was holding a camera there at that exact moment?? no way..

i believe the story just not the photo...

sushi anyone?

hahaha that's awesome

Freaking amazing.

That's what whale-watchers do. They shoot hundreds of pics of whales at once. Just ask Lensman, he's an avid whale-watcher. Been out whale photo-shooting with him before and watched him shoot what had to be thousands of pics.

It's not photoshop.

That was just on the news a bit ago, amazing pic good thing people were there to help them.

Crazy...lol

I was thinking the same thing, the once in a lifetime story and someone gets the whale in the air.

Wow... That's kinda funny!

Sweet ass chop there!! congrats AMP

That's true.

usually when people whale watch...they take pictures...alot of them...juss sayin, for all those who believe its a chop.

Ouch! Bet that whale has one hellava bruise.

Whale rage.

Crazy shit... :eyecrazy

thats incredible

OMG that is freakin nuts!

saw it on a couple of news sites and they most likely wouldn't put the picture up unless...

but i still think the timing is impossible... wheres the pictures of it landing and hitting it as well? why isn't the captain of the yacht reacting? I would have jumped out of my shorts if i saw something a quarter that size... why is the shadow on the whales back but not on the boat except at the bottom?

How many times have you seen pics or video of once in a lifetime things happening...

Way more than youd expect, so I dont see why this instance is less likely...

That was my cock jumping out of the water.

Insane if indeed true!!

Thats fucking crazy!

I wonder if yacht insurance covers whale collisions...

Ramjit, your little cousin isn't nearly as interesting of a writer as you are. I hope you put him back to feeding the goats and start posting yourself again soon.

~~ Good luck

Pic is a shop. Dude is just chilling the fuck out while a 40 TON WHALE IS ABOUT TO CRASH HIS SHIT.. It even says in the story he was anticipating it and shouts "oh shit" In this pic he's just chillin.

crazy pics
looks photoshopped

unreal pic !

I see some growths... you might want to have those looked at ... by a doctor... not your gay neighbor.

I think it's real - I had my buddy do a dramatic re-enactment with this fat chick...when she got off him there was blubber and barnacles everywhere, and let's just say that he needs a mast repair:

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wtf is with the stick figure on his sail?

if they were shooting pictures that frequently they would have more pics of the event... especially of it hitting the boat

just 1 pic - def chopped

If I was on that board, I would've crapped and pissed myself.

Not a shop. Shit happens all the time. None of these people are wiggin' out either, and yeah, they were expecting it too.

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Ugly whale. I hope they have insurance... :)

If that couple were Japanese, that whale incident would be a welcome thing. Whale sushi anyone?

that picture doesn't prove a thing..that whale isn't landing on top of them... and where are the collision pictures?

Look at the pic of his yacht out at sea. Do you think he sailed it out there like that?

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what are the chances of being able to grab a snapshot of that! Incredible pics!

Now that is CooL

So you think someone spent hours creating a perfect chop to create a fake news story about a whale hitting a boat? Good job Sherlock. Maybe the owner chopped it himself so he could file an insurance claim.

do they have it on video?

Here are some real photochops

BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly

BP caught using altered image of command center

Altered BP photo comes into question

nice photo chop

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

If a forty ton whale landed on that yacht it would have destroyed it.

Bet the whale hurt a bit afterwards.

I'm on a muthafuggin' boat...muthafuggers, yo!!! :thumbsup

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