70-Foot Whale Stuck To Cruise Ship’s Bow
A cruise ship in Alaska pulled into port in Vancouver with a rare fin whale stuck to its bow. Princess Cruise Line officials said in a statement that they did not know when the ship struck the large whale and that the crew used whale-avoidance procedures while at sea....Source
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August 5th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Is the whale ok?
August 5th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I suspect the whale was a stowaway but for obvious reasons
was unable to avail itself of more comfortabe accomodations.
August 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I really hate incomplete reports. Don’t you think we would want to know if the whale was dead or alive.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
The cruise ship spokesperson said they did not notice when the whale got stuck on the prow. I disagree. All they have to do is look at the engineering logs to take note of when the propeller shafts RPM’s vs ship’s speed made a sudden change. The stuck whale would have slowed the ship. The RPM’s would have been increased to maintain the desired speed.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:04 am
The whale was dead and it was stuck to it’s bow not prow.
no propeller in the front of the boat. the whale could not slow the massive ship down.