Newfoundland Sail Boat’s Encounter With A Whale
July 16, 2008
The captain and crew of a Newfoundland sail boat had a close encounter with a large marine animal — possibly a killer whale, a humpback whale or a great white shark while sailing earlier this week off the coast of St. John’s, New Brunswick.
An article by Richard Dooley in the Star Phoenix, reports that the 8.5-meter sailboat, Turanga, collided with something big and stopped dead in the water.
“We saw this huge dorsal fin come out of the water and head straight for the boat,” Drodge, the captain of the sailboat said. The fin got momentarily caught in the forward sail, or jib, of the sailboat.”
Drodge and his companions are convinced the animal that struck their boat on Sunday was a killer whale, or orca. Whale expert Wayne Ledwell, in Mr. Dooley’s article, said he’s never heard of an orca attacking a boat in Newfoundland waters. He thinks it might have been a humpback or perhaps a great white shark.
For more information, click on the following link to read Mr. Dooley’s article online.
Whale attack leaves N.L. skipper quaking, by Richard Dooley, Star Phoenix
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