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Two boats collide at start of Ocean Race Europe, crew members unharmed
KIEL, Germany (AP) — Two boats collided moments after the start of the Ocean Race Europe on Sunday and had to return to port for repairs. Organizers said all crew members were unharmed after contact between Holcim PRB (Switzerland) and Allagrande MAPEI Racing (Italy). Footage showed Mapei's sail badly torn following the incident in the race's first leg in Kiel, Germany. Both teams were assessing their repairs, organizers said. Conditions were expected to be intense for the first 24 hours of the race with strong winds and fast speeds until boats reached the north of Denmark. The race then has legs in Portsmouth (England), Matosinhos (Portugal), Cartagena (Spain), Nice (France) and Genoa (Italy) before its scheduled ending at Boka Bay in Montenegro in mid-September. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press
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a day ago
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Two boats collide at start of Ocean Race Europe, crew members unharmed
KIEL, Germany (AP) — Two boats collided moments after the start of the Ocean Race Europe on Sunday and had to return to port for repairs. Organizers said all crew members were unharmed after contact between Holcim PRB (Switzerland) and Allagrande MAPEI Racing (Italy). Footage showed Mapei's sail badly torn following the incident in the race's first leg in Kiel, Germany. Both teams were assessing their repairs, organizers said. Conditions were expected to be intense for the first 24 hours of the race with strong winds and fast speeds until boats reached the north of Denmark. The race then has legs in Portsmouth (England), Matosinhos (Portugal), Cartagena (Spain), Nice (France) and Genoa (Italy) before its scheduled ending at Boka Bay in Montenegro in mid-September. ___ AP sports:
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04-08-2025
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Whale dies after hitting boat at Jersey Shore, knocking woman overboard
A whale that collided with a small boat and knocked a woman overboard at the Jersey Shore has died, officials said. The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. Saturday in Barnegat Bay near Long Beach Island in Ocean County when the 20-foot minke whale hit the boat, knocking a woman into the water and nearly capsizing the vessel. Boat Captain Charlie Nunn told NBC 10 Philadelphia the whale likely got anxious and went into fight-or-flight mode, leading to 'a close call, a freak accident' in shallow water. 'They're not supposed to be in three feet of water,' Nunn said. 'They keep bumping into something, it's probably fight-or-flight for the poor thing.' He added that the woman who fell into the water was uninjured. Kim Mancini, who took videos of the incident, said the whale was trying to get to deeper water. 'It was really in distress,' she told 6ABC. 'That's when it would go under boats; it was a crazy experience.' Nearly an hour before the crash, the whale was reported to the New Jersey Marine Mammal Standing Center, Coast Guard and state agencies. It may have hit a pontoon boat after the initial crash. It was also spotted resting in a sandbar after swimming into the boat. The MMSC said the whale was dead when they arrived at the sandbar. The organization said it hoped to tow the whale away on Monday and perform a necropsy to determine the animal's cause of death. The MMSC advised boaters to stay at least 150 feet from the whale carcass. _____
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04-08-2025
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Boat collision with whale sends passenger overboard, kills 20-foot marine mammal
A boat collided with a whale off the Jersey Shore Saturday afternoon, killing the 20-foot-long animal and throwing one passenger overboard. Social media video shows the boat swaying side to side upon impact with the whale, as a boater is tossed into the waters of New Jersey's Barnegat Bay. The mammal — later identified as a minke whale — can then be seen slowly swimming away from the vessel. "Oh my God, they're going over," a witness to the incident can be heard saying in the dramatic video. "Ooh, man overboard!" Officials said the person sent overboard is believed to be OK, CBS News reported. Miami Sailing Camp Disaster Boat Captain Tested For Alcohol After Deadly Collision, 7-Year-old Victim Id'd The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it was first alerted about the whale at around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. The animal rescue service said it got a call from New Jersey State Police that said the mammal had been spotted near the inlet of Barnegat Bay. Read On The Fox News App Navy Calls Off Search For Missing Sailor Assigned To Uss George Washington Near Australia Less than an hour later, at around 3:40 p.m., a boater in the area reported the collision, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The mammal was later found dead in shallow water outside the channel. The whale carcass is slated to be moved on Monday morning to a nearby state park for a necropsy, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said. New Zealand Scientists Suspect Specimen Of World's Rarest Whale Died From Head Injuries Boaters — for their own safety — have been urged to stay at least 150 feet away from the whale's remains in the meantime. Earlier this year, a humpback whale swallowed a man on a kayak off the coast of Chile, before he was quickly able to get out of the leviathan's mouth unharmed. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, the U.S. Coast Guard and the NJ State Police Marine Unit did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Boat collision with whale sends passenger overboard, kills 20-foot marine mammal Solve the daily Crossword
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03-08-2025
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Boat collision with whale sends passenger overboard, kills 20-foot marine mammal
A boat collided with a whale off the Jersey Shore Saturday afternoon, killing the 20-foot-long animal and throwing one passenger overboard. Social media video shows the boat swaying side to side upon impact with the whale, as a boater is tossed into the waters of New Jersey's Barnegat Bay. The mammal — later identified as a minke whale — can then be seen slowly swimming away from the vessel. "Oh my God, they're going over," a witness to the incident can be heard saying in the dramatic video. "Ooh, man overboard!" Officials said the person sent overboard is believed to be OK, CBS News reported. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it was first alerted about the whale at around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. The animal rescue service said it got a call from New Jersey State Police that said the mammal had been spotted near the inlet of Barnegat Bay. Less than an hour later, at around 3:40 p.m., a boater in the area reported the collision, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The mammal was later found dead in shallow water outside the channel. The whale carcass is slated to be moved on Monday morning to a nearby state park for a necropsy, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said. Boaters — for their own safety — have been urged to stay at least 150 feet away from the whale's remains in the meantime. Earlier this year, a humpback whale swallowed a man on a kayak off the coast of Chile, before he was quickly able to get out of the leviathan's mouth unharmed. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, the U.S. Coast Guard and the NJ State Police Marine Unit did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
