00:02It was a large thud, and also because it hit the rudder and the helm was no longer working,
00:10or just confused about what had happened. Unsure, we knew we'd been hit by something, but not sure
00:16what. We looked out and we saw a pod of whales, about six to eight whales, so then it became
00:24clear. When I saw the whales sitting out there, I was a bit scared because I was thinking,
00:30I know nothing about whales, but I suppose you feel vulnerable and you're worried they're going
00:35to turn around and come back again, which of course they don't do. The sperm whales are not
00:40naturally aggressive. Water was coming in the whole time and we managed for a period of time,
00:46we managed to reduce the flow and we had pumps running extremely effectively, so for a while we
00:51felt like we were getting ahead of the water coming in versus water going out. But after a period of
00:59time, that water flow, I think, increased. There were a number of cracks in the hole, we believe,
01:05and as I said, the pumps start to fail because they are getting so clogged with fragments of fiberglass.
01:14One of the more scary aspects, actually, of the whole experience, really, because you're in this tiny,
01:20effectively completely unmanoeuvrable life raft, and you have this very large vessel coming,
01:24coming very close to you. But actually, they were fantastic. The skipper of that vessel and the whole
01:30crew did a brilliant job and brought that vessel to stop right alongside us. We had to paddle
01:38probably 20 or 30 meters, which we were able to do.
01:41We'll see you next time.
01:42Bye.
01:43Bye.
01:56Bye.
01:57Bye.
01:58Bye.
02:01Bye.
02:03Bye.
02:06Bye.
02:07Bye.
