# Southern right whale lands on yacht off South Africa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467 "2010-07-21T14:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/1 "2010-07-21T14:33:31Z")
A whale jumps into a [yacht.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323) _A couple on a whale-watching trip off Cape Town, South Africa, had a lucky escape when a 10-m (33-ft) specimen leapt on to their yacht._ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/2 "2010-07-21T14:39:14Z")
Tonight on _Animal Planet_: **When Whales Watch Back**. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/3 "2010-07-21T14:39:27Z")
Oooh. Also: > [@BBC](#): > > ā€œI still like whales!ā€ Ms Werner told the BBC afterwards. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/4 "2010-07-21T14:44:27Z")
It was a fluke accident. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/5 "2010-07-21T14:47:24Z")
Heā€™s Southern & right? Automatically hated on the Dope. šŸ˜ƒ So they have poor eyesight? Can we name this one Mr. Magoo? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/6 "2010-07-21T14:47:44Z")
Wrong place, right whale? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/7 "2010-07-21T15:00:38Z")
How about that old song? It was the Right Whaleā€¦but the wrong placeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/8 "2010-07-21T15:04:46Z")
Thatā€™ll be an interesting insurance claim Reason for damage: a whale landed on it. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/9 "2010-07-21T15:05:00Z")
Wonder if he had Geico and if they will hand the hit on that whale over to the TIME BANDIT crew? > [@billfish678](#): > > How about that old song? > > It was the Right Whaleā€¦but the wrong placeā€¦ Or Looking at whales in all the wrong places? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/10 "2010-07-21T15:16:31Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Wrong place, right whale? You win !šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/11 "2010-07-21T15:19:55Z")
This is clearly the work of my old foe, [Arthur Curry](http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/culture/2006/05/23/Aquaman.jpg). I have warned yā€™all about him many times, and always yā€™all have ignored me; now it is too late. The Atlantean invasion is beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/12 "2010-07-21T15:28:34Z")
Whale: ā€œWeā€™re gonna need a bigger boat.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/13 "2010-07-21T15:41:12Z")
Not pictured: Small bowl of petunias that landed nearby. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/14 "2010-07-21T15:43:05Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Not pictured: Small bowl of petunias that landed nearby. ā€œOh no, not againā€ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/15 "2010-07-21T16:03:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > It was a fluke accident. _applause_ ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/16 "2010-07-21T16:44:35Z")
A breach of maritime protocol. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/17 "2010-07-21T16:55:26Z")
At least the owners werenā€™t blubbering about baleen out their boat. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/18 "2010-07-21T17:16:28Z")
Maybe the whale was just looking to get a head. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/19 "2010-07-21T17:23:36Z")
Itā€™s a miracle that no one was krilled. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467/20 "2010-07-21T17:25:20Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Thank god nobody was krilled. Although one sailor was left with a hell of a haddock. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-right-whale-lands-on-yacht-off-south-africa/547467.md?page=2)