When I saw the headline regarding this story, I wasn’t shocked at all. But upon reading again the headline, I quickly realized that a “whale” is a big mammal that can really give a huge impact on a boat, literally.
So I checked out the article and what I found something that is shocking; a video of a whale actually jumping over a boat, and its for real!
The “whale jump” happened off the coast of Africa, and apparently, the whale jumped over the boat because it felt “attracted” to it. Talk about “love at first sight…err.. jump”.
As the whale jumped over the boat, neighboring sailors managed to snap a few pictures. Fortunately for the boat as well as the boat owner, Ralph Mothes, no one was hurt. The boat obviously got damaged like snapped matchsticks but fortunately, the boat managed to keep floating.
Check out the report by CBS about this whale jumping over a boat video.
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2 comments to Whale jumping over a boat! (No Joke!)
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The images and video of this event are incredible!
Not sure if this was an accident, but whales have been known to occasionally become aggressive towards boats… in fact, we had a 12 meter boat sunk by whales off the coast of Mexico in October of 2009. An emergency beacon (EPIRB) and liferaft were instrumental in the safe rescue of the crew. I would never recommend venturing offshore without these two items! And a hearty thank you to all the Coast Guard members who come to the aid of sailors in distress!
A boat was recently sunk by whales in Australia, and back a couple of years ago another off Hawaii (when it accidentally got between a mother and her calf). Whale incidents (whether boats colliding with whales or the inverse) seem to be on the increase, so we all need to maintain an increased lookout for our friends aquatic!
By the way, there is a great firsthand account of our incident written by the skipper on our blog… very compelling read with great lessons learned (go to Nov. of 2009):
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g this story, I wasn’t shocked at all. But upon reading again the headline, I quickly realized that a “whale” is a big mammal that can really give a huge impact on a boat, literally. 
[...] is apparently a Windows background application. wuauclt.exe is part of Windows Auto Update and checks the Microsoft website for any potential [...]
The images and video of this event are incredible!
Not sure if this was an accident, but whales have been known to occasionally become aggressive towards boats… in fact, we had a 12 meter boat sunk by whales off the coast of Mexico in October of 2009. An emergency beacon (EPIRB) and liferaft were instrumental in the safe rescue of the crew. I would never recommend venturing offshore without these two items! And a hearty thank you to all the Coast Guard members who come to the aid of sailors in distress!
A boat was recently sunk by whales in Australia, and back a couple of years ago another off Hawaii (when it accidentally got between a mother and her calf). Whale incidents (whether boats colliding with whales or the inverse) seem to be on the increase, so we all need to maintain an increased lookout for our friends aquatic!
By the way, there is a great firsthand account of our incident written by the skipper on our blog… very compelling read with great lessons learned (go to Nov. of 2009):
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