Zodiac takes on blue whale !

[limeydal]

My buddy CiCi here today in San Diego ,taking out a local whale photog.
Got a little closer than they wanted !

Whale causes boat to overturn | FOX5 San Diego – San Diego news, weather, traffic, sports from KSWB

[limeydal]

Boaters say whale capsized their 23-foot vessel off San Diego coast - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego

[limeydal]

Last weekend, heading out on another whale trip

[SteveHall]

Glad they are both ok!

[Dan Gurney]

Specially given that the kill cord appears to be round her ankle!

[Ovey]

Maybe it's one of those newfangled bluetooth killcords that she carries in her pocket?

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Specially given that the kill cord appears to be round her ankle!

Which picture are you looking at? If it's the one in post 3, you can't see her right arm, which is where it would be.

jky

[Dan Gurney]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Which picture are you looking at? If it's the one in post 3, you can't see her right arm, which is where it would be.

jky

Fair point, we can't 100% of her body so it could be attached somewhere odd. I don't tend to wear it round a wrist cos it would be too easy to get tangled up in it. For example if you had to cross your hands for some reason... y'know steering or something.

Look I really don't care if she's wearing one or not, it's just a bit of a Ribnet meme which I was playing up to.

[limeydal]

Luckily just boat damage ( tubes ripped off one side) which she was looking at getting replaced anyway.
And of course the tragic end of a nice Canon and L series zoom !! Aghhhhhhhhhhh
Both her and dale fine ,with quite the story to tell

[Bigmuz7]

Well Ive been circled and hit by a Minke .. and I always wondered when was the right time to go .. it was my crew mate who kept me waiting just to observe the beast at close quarters ,.... but when it bumped the bottom of the boat after diving at us amid ships in opposite directions .... I wasnt hanging about any longer .. It put the fear of god in me .. with awe at the same time

[limeydal]

I have been photographing blues and greys in the distance, when others have surfaced right next to the RIB !
Quite an" interesting" feeling, alongside something 2x3 times longer than your boat !
This one ,must have been more interested in getting a big "gulp" food, rather than looking where it was going

[willk]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Look I really don't care if she's wearing one or not, it's just a bit of a Ribnet meme which I was playing up to.

Well thank goodness someone one here is prepared to take a Sacred Cow for a gallop around the back paddock!

Anyway - the story made the BBC with (kinda) video: BBC News - Boat overturned by blue whale off California coast