Whale sinks NZ yacht, sailor rescued
`A New Zealand yachtie clung to his sinking 31-foot trimaran for five hours after the vessel collided with a humpback whale.
Lindsay Wright was airlifted to safety just before 6pm (1600 AEDT) on Tuesday.
He says his new yacht was worth $NZ38,000 ($A33,675) and the New Plymouth yachtie is now appealing for someone to lend him a boat to race in. [..]
“He (the whale) was maybe sleeping on the surface and I hit him and he sort of woke up with a start and did a bit of a flick and knocked a big hole in the hull,” he said.’
