Never touched a whale but have touched manatees, porpoises, turtles, rays,
sharks (including a whale shark) and even moray eels. Whales would
frighten me because they are big enough to smash my boat should they
get mad or too protective of their calves.

And angry turle could smash your lame boat! The average Otter could stove in
the coronado's hull with a single charge.

RB