Dougal Robertson
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That's what they've done.
That's what's happened.
And I shouted down below, Dad, Dad, there's whales in the water.
There's whales.
My dad was up to his knees in water by then.
And Dougal was saying, I can't stop it.
I can't stop the water.
Little did he know that it wasn't just beneath his feet.
It was all the way for it as well.
The Lusette had been hit three times by three whales.
So once each by three whales, he's been hit three times.
Each strike must have taken a load of planking off the side of the boat, you know.
She was still upright.
She was still sailing.
But she was filling with water rapidly.
And I looked back down at my dad.
And he was now up to his waist in water.
And he said, abandon ship.