Not uncommon for a young male chasing some tail to get hit, but knocked out sheeesh he must have called her fat.
Bloke on the radio said it had possibly been harrassed by whale watchers & was feeling threatened,
I have never felt scared of whales no matter how close,
maybe it was a "rogue whale".
Muzz
I too in all honesty have never worried or felt threatened by whales, I have had them under the boat in 20' of water upside down with pec pins out each side, she was trying to escape the advances of two males, best day on the water ever
they do make your heart race when they do a big turn/dive at the boat in the dark though and I have had people on my boat stomping on the floor and bashing the sides of the boat in fear for their lives
yeah the odd one gets tangled in an anchor rope and even rarer someone gets knocked out by a wayward tail but they know what they are doing so I enjoy the visit
cheers Murf
May be the kid was writing a novel and started with "Call me Ishmael"