Unlucky or what?

[Clint r]

Copied off of Castanets news service:

Whale kills Canadian tourist
Photo: Thinkstock.com
The Canadian Press - Mar 11 6:00 pm
The port director in the northwest Mexico beach resort of Cabo San Lucas says a Canadian woman has died from injuries suffered when a surfacing grey whale crashed onto a tourist boat.
Port director Vicente Martinez confirmed the 45-year-old woman's death Wednesday.
Firefighter commander Juan Carvajal Figueroa says the woman was in a boat with other tourists returning to port around noon when the whale jumped from the water and landed on the boat.
Mexican navy personnel responded to the scene and moved the woman to shore. She was taken to a clinic, where she died during treatment.
Authorities did not release her identity.

Which brings up the obvious question, any of you guys ever have a close call?

 

[Kildonan]

I know Osama had a close one a few years ago near Bamfield he was telling me about but he doesn't post here anymore.

Similar type of deal to this Mexican story.

 

[jeffywestcoast]

Just read this on social media this morning , tragic way to go.. My condolences to the family.


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[bigbruce]

Similar thing happened to a guy in Campbell River two years ago. Whale breach and landed across the bow/windshield of his boat while he was running. Stopped pretty quickly and drove his face into the dashboard. Wasn't pretty for either the guy or his Grady.

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/l...ng-humpback-whale-collides-with-boat-1.191360

 

[Aces]

They were heading back to the marina after a snorkeling trip.......real bad luck

Big news down here

 

[chevyshaulass]

happens every year here on the coast, no deaths I have heard of yet but every year three is at least one collision with a humpback, some you hear about, some you don't. I know of 2 last season. closest call ive had was while trolling a humpback thought it would be funny to breach about 12 feet off my rod tip.

 

[Clint r]

Here's an update:

More on whale tourist death
Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Handout photo shows the boat which collided with a grey whale near the beach resort of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The Canadian Press - Mar 12 11:24 am
A 35-year-old Canadian woman died and two other tourists were injured when a surfacing grey whale crashed onto their boat, Mexican authorities said Thursday.
The Attorney General's Office for Environmental Protection said two other tourists suffered "considerable" injuries when the whale breached and hit the side of the boat on Wednesday.
The office said the boat had been carrying nine tourists on a snorkel tour and was quite near shore when the collision occurred. It described the vessel as "a fragile type with inflatable parts."
Photos showed the open boat - about 25 feet long, with twin outboard motors - apparently undamaged after the collision.
The Baja California Sur state prosecutor's office said the collision near the beach resort of Cabo San Lucas tossed the victim into the water. A crew member and a passenger lifted her back onto the vessel and Mexican navy personnel moved the woman to shore. She was taken to a clinic, where she died during treatment.
The Canadian woman's hometown has not been released. John Babcock, a spokesman for Canada's Foreign Affairs Department, said that "to protect the private and personal information of the individual concerned, further details on this case cannot be released."
"Canadian consular officials in Cabo San Lucas are providing consular assistance to the family in this difficult time," Babcock said.
Whales surface to breathe, often unexpectedly. Collisions between whales and boats are not unknown in Mexico, where whales come to breed in coastal lagoons in winter. Authorities generally require boats to stay a safe distance away from whales in whale-watching areas and protected reserves, but those rules don't apply in the area around Cabo San Lucas.
In January 2014, a boat and a humpback whale collided off the coast of Baja California, injuring a U.S. tourist and three other people on board.

 

[RiverBoy]

Brutal news. I had a humpback spyhop right in front of me in Nootka sound a couple years ago when I was going full speed in my 165 Campion Explorer. I had no time to react. I went right over it and when I passed over the whale he was about six feet under the surface. Really spooked me and I devote a lot more time looking for spouts in the horizon now.