Whale Of A Time (anything but) - VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008/9

[Cindy7582]

Yes, thank "god" no damage was done to the boat!!!! Fukk the whale right?!?!? Asshole!

[copterpilot2k4]

it is a shame they hit the whate but im sure while it was kocked about, a sizeable whale would be fine after the initial shock of it. whales have survived being hit by container ships so im sure his focus on the boat wasnt out of line. whale will be fine but a human life is equally as important.

[pg911a5]

its a race boat they dont have any more than necessary at all they are completly stripped

[prosenquist]

Those last two yokes are actually really funny!

Blue fin whale haha.

[loren1283]

Unbelievable! When is somone going to do somthing about this whale problem!

[Vetiwitch]

The whales are not a problem, thats where they live, the boats need better detection, so they dont injure the amazing creatures. I love sailing, but the creatures who live there have right of way in my opinion.

[R00RAL]

@Vetiwitch Should we stop driving cars? Might hit people? just making a point.

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

Every electronic gadget on-board but they can't spot a fawken WHALE?

[lekkki1]

excellent line of reasoning, and yeah, I agree with vetiwitch, sort of amazingly inappropriate attention focused on the boat and crew.

[Jackle61]

lekkki1; What do you think the odds are of actually hitting a whale with one of these boats. They are probably lucky to even see a whale let alone hit one.

Also, they are set up with some amazing electronics, but , they are hardly set up for submarine detection. Just a freak accident that could have been much more tragic.

[lekkki1]

after making comment, I thought, maybe there was something wrong with the whale, could not see or hear a ship that big slapping the water that hard?

I do not know

just a shame

[bubblerings]

@lekkki1 In rough water, I have been in small motorized boats nearly hit by whales, or vice versa.

The slapping on the water can attract whales, as that sound is actually part of their communication.

[olsjoa]

@Jackle61 Then I can enlighten you about the real facts about this. If you ever bothered to read any interviews with the crew on the boats you would now know that they say that usually at least one boat hit something in the water every leg. So I can strongly recommend that you know more about things before making comments about them thinking you know everything.

[DeviIProductions]

Ja each hea xD

[jitarra]

Joer que zuzto... pobre ballena...

eso por llevar el currican XD

salud desde el sexandsun

[Grayzor]

Arme walvis, hij zal nu verder door het leven gaan als een bultrug walvis ;)

[MichaelVerdoold]

Ja of als Blaue-Vin vis ;)

[baaart92]

@Grayzor of als 2 walvissen