In a message dated 9/19/2002 10:12:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jaf30_at_cornell.edu writes: > BTW, there was also a story recently about a fishing boat that was hit by a > breaching whale (a humpback, I think) and it actually killed someone. > There was a time when my wife and I were nearly pegged by a Humpback. A humpy rose and spouted about 6 feet just off our bow. (Very fishy). Anyway, had we not backpaddled, at least arresting our forward momentum the tail would have flipped us. It missed our bow by at most a yard. I was thrilled at first, but 38 degree water is not a fun swim. I can't give enough credit to the whale for narrowly avoiding our collision into him! Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 11:57:30 PDT
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