OT. Boat hit by whale

[Tony]

Two of my friends, Roger Smith and Mark Berger rescued the two kayakers that was hit by the whale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u-MW7vF0-Y&feature=youtu.be

[krhea]

Gulp...
:eek:

[Louis]

Gulp...
:eek:

That's what the whale said.

[gary135r]

"Call me Ishmael."

[Louis]

"Wreck of the Kayak Essex"

[carl]

Yikes iv never seen anything like that before! I guess even whales can go over the top when showing off..

[AJosiahK]

incredible

[oldpotatoe]

That's what the whale said.

Don't screw with Mother nature..:eek:

[weisan]

Get $300 Dinotte underwater flashlights or stick with the trails....

[tuxbailey]

i am surprised this doesn't happen more often.

[fishwhisperer]

:eek:

wonder how badly the kayak lost that fight

[Bostic]

My wife and I stick to the Elkhorn Slough when we bring the tandem kayak down to that area. Not to mention it's fiberglass and not plastic like the Necky in the video. Respect nature in it's own habitat.

[54ny77]

Lucky they weren't killed.

Going out smack dab in middle of whale migration area in a canoe is not high on the list of smart things to do.

I've seen enough of 'em at unexpectedly close range and they are, in a word, HUGE. As in tons and tons huge.

[vqdriver]

nature + man = nature

[brockd15]

Wow, that's crazy. I saw that on the news last night, too.

Maybe I'll head out there this weekend and see if can spot any whales.

[merlinmurph]

Wow. I've been in a kayak with whales nearby, both minke and orcas. A small group of 4 orcas were coming right towards our group and all you could do was sit there and hope they missed you. Exciting stuff.

But man, that breach was wild. That's a whole different ballgame.

[pdmtong]

Many years ago one of my closest friends and I drove down into the middle of Baja California to Scammons Lagoon, which is the lagoon/bay where the southern gray whale migration ends. the whales birth their calves and then head back north.

in hindsight we were young dumb and full of machissimo. The 4WD dirt road to the lagoon is about 45-60 minute drive from the main road. we park at the beach rig up and head out on our course boards - longer floatier boards with a retractable centerboard. there is no one around but us for miles. Look, in the distance, whales breaching, let's GO!

so we reach out to the area. sail around, it's all great, that is until a few start surfacing near us. uh-oh, these things are huge. oh look, there's it's eyeball. uh-oh, this isn't so smart.

the next mistake is not anticipating the wind shift, and forgetting that since its wild Baja, there isn't a building like there is in the bay to point back towards. In fact we can barely see the truck. Idiots!

Needless too say I am still here. seeing a whale is just great, that is until you get too close. it's the tonnage rule. don't mess with something bigger than you.

FWIW when sailing with a school of dolphins, it stinks when you breathe in after one exhumes it's blow hole.

[saf-t]

I don't think the whales have a a clue what's above them (nor do they much care if they do). I a friend of mine and I were fishing out of his 20' center console a few years ago when a juvenile humpie breached maybe 15 feet from us- talk about change of shorts time......