Re: Hawaii Superferry - Chapter 7
Just to clarify my comment there... posters and flyers regarding whales can be found at every fuel dock, marina office and yacht club, on bulletin boards on marina docks and in marine supply stores, etc., plus public service ads in every Hawaii boating publication, etc etc etc. You basically can't get anywhere near a boat without seeing at least one poster/flyer and usually more than one.
The two cool links you gave involved very small boats of 18' and 27'. Such occurances are not at all unusual. Usually the cause of a whale attack is if a boat gets between a mother whale and her calf.
There are also many instances of whales rubbing against a boat, as opposed to attacking it. When it happens to powerboats this is usually the whale trying to rub off some of the barnacles on their body, but when it happens to sailboats with deep fin keels, it's a... sexual issue. The female whales mistake the keel for an (ahem) aroused male organ. See the photo below.
Originally posted by LikaNui
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Originally posted by Peshkwe
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There are also many instances of whales rubbing against a boat, as opposed to attacking it. When it happens to powerboats this is usually the whale trying to rub off some of the barnacles on their body, but when it happens to sailboats with deep fin keels, it's a... sexual issue. The female whales mistake the keel for an (ahem) aroused male organ. See the photo below.
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