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by lostlogin 1877 days ago
The mate who hit one in a yacht while mid Pacific begs to differ.
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I wonder how many other hazards are out there. I have feeling it's small fraction compared to something like tree logs or g*d knows what else.
He has also hit a whale. He has had a lot of alarming things happen while out sailing. I learned to avoid going out with him.
FWIW there were some bizarre orca attacks around Portugal or Spain recently.
Imagine running into a quarter mile long string of telephone poles washed away 5 years ago in a hurricane...
Robert Redford in “All is Lost”.