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Whale "lands" on a boat, real or shopped?
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Has a 33ft boat really got over 40tons of buoyancy? Not to mention the fact if it landed and slipped off one side i'd guess the boat would stand a huge chance of capsizing.
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Could be explained with shock and just luck at being there at the right time (the person with the camera, not the guy on the boat!).
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Why would you doubt it? Seems plausible.
Except... Who took that pic? There's no mention of this in the article.
Except... Who took that pic? There's no mention of this in the article.
the size of the whale jumping out of the water would at least make the boat tip to the right rather than staying up right. the camera person could have taken the image just as the boat was swinging back the other way i suppose.
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Why would you doubt it? Seems plausible.
Except... Who took that pic? There's no mention of this in the article.
This is what got me. Who would be there waiting to take the photo.
Who took that pic? There's no mention of this in the article.
These really.. I call shenanigans.
It would be hard not to notice something like that out of the corner of your eye!
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The guy in the pic is still behind the ships wheel, no shock or trying to get out of the way, natural reaction wouldn't be for him to stay put.
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Fake. That would certainly have capsized the boat.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6357554-whale-lands-on-yacht-cape-town-south-africa
Another report indicating there were several witnesses on other boats.
Also reading it was a steel frame boat - if it had been GRP would have broken apart.
Another report indicating there were several witnesses on other boats.
Also reading it was a steel frame boat - if it had been GRP would have broken apart.
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I hope the whale was ok 
I guess they knew it was in the area.. but still doesn't seem to be paying to much attention to it in the photo.
Possibly even crushing it... Steel hull explains this I guess.
...but there are no pictures of the boat after the fact.
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She's a steel hulled boat and they are indeed a tough hull, popular with long distance sailing and the gnarly hardcore for that reason. I'd estimate the keel weight to be perhaps 1.5 tons or more. I imagine the yacht would have remained fairly upright but would have still have been toyed violently under the shock and weight of such a large whales upper body landing on the deck and sliding off.
I think it's amazing that this whale chose to breach over a yacht like this. Maybe it had an itch to scratch or a chip on it's shoulder.
I think it's amazing that this whale chose to breach over a yacht like this. Maybe it had an itch to scratch or a chip on it's shoulder.
Soldato
I think its 'shopped. Even a steel hull would surely not withstand 40 tonnes (or even half that) of blubber slamming down onto it.
And as said, where are the 'after the incident' pictures of the boat.
I guess we can throw the "a photographer just happened to be there" excuse out as whether the whale was 'shopped in or not, a photographer WAS still there to take a shot of the boat (obviously).
And as said, where are the 'after the incident' pictures of the boat.
I guess we can throw the "a photographer just happened to be there" excuse out as whether the whale was 'shopped in or not, a photographer WAS still there to take a shot of the boat (obviously).
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Exactly what I thought. Why is there no 'after' pics of the damage?