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Sleeping man hits whale..No steel hull = sunk
A SAILOR whose yacht was destroyed by a humpback whale off New Zealand
said he had got a good "vibe" from the giant mammal and thought it was trying to say sorry, local media said today. Lindsay Wright was sailing his brand-new 10-metre trimaran, named Loose Goose, about 80 nautical miles off the west coast of North Island yesterday when he hit the whale. Mr Wright said he had been sleeping when he was awoken by a loud noise and rushed up on deck to find himself staring at a whale's head about a foot away. "I got good vibes off him. I thought he was trying to say sorry mate, I didn't mean to," Mr Wright said on New Zealand television. He said the whale, a large male in a pod of about six humpbacks, had hit his yacht with its tail, opening a large hole in one of the boats's three hulls. "When I first saw him I thought he had come back for the coup de grace," Mr Wright told AAP. Mr Wright activated a distress beacon as his yacht took on water and lost electrical power. He was winched to safety aboard a rescue helicopter about five hours later, Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio said. Joe |
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"Joe" wrote He said the whale, a large male in a pod of about six humpbacks, had hit his yacht with its tail, opening a large hole in one of the boats's three hulls. That means he's still got two good hulls. I think the whale knocked a hole in the middle hull because of losing electrical power. They put the batteries in the middle hull I'd guess. So probably the hole probably wasn't in one of the akas (or is it almas?) Funny how trimaran people always brag about how safe and seaworthy their boats are. They say you can get a hole in one or two hulls and still stay afloat so you can make repairs and limp to port. How come a hole in one hull makes the boat have to be abandoned? Four more questions: 1 - Are most sailors these days wimps who pack it in at the first hint of adversity? 2 - His it got to the point where when somebody stubs his toe he sets off his EPIRB? 3 - Should sailors who go offshore be required to pass a proficiency test? 4 - Because of their unsafe record should multihulls be restricted to near shore waters? Cheers, Ellen |
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Sleeping man hits whale..No steel hull = sunk
"Joe" scribbled thusly:
A SAILOR whose yacht was destroyed by a humpback whale off New Zealand said he had got a good "vibe" from the giant mammal and thought it was trying to say sorry, local media said today. Drinking that funny Kool-Aid will do that to ya.... Mr Wright activated a distress beacon as his yacht took on water and lost electrical power. He was winched to safety aboard a rescue helicopter about five hours later, Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio said. From his boat or from a liferaft? OzOne wrote: Hmmmm, hit a submerged object at very high speed in a tri. Ripped the centreboard back thru the case about 18". Main hull fi;lled to just above the sole and we sailed home supported by the other hulls. That's an advantage of multihulls... redundancy This boat must have been very badly setup with batteries in the bilge to lose electrical power. From the sound fo teh story, he could have drained his batteries playing loud music (Grateful Dead or Phish bootlegs probably) and radioing for help. The collision might have had nothing to do with his loss of electrical power! And anyway, somebody should give Joe a clue that 1- they don't build multihulls out of steel because it's too heavy (ie too weak & limp) and 2- if anybody did, it might not sink after a collision because it'd be going too slow anyway. -signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye) |
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Sleeping man hits whale..No steel hull = sunk
How!
Do big-em injun have water walker? Or Injun Ear just puff-in big smoke? RedCloud have very sharp wamp-um, and make sushi if strike-um whale. RedCloud also faster than Mustang pony. Joe -signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye) |
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