July 24, 2010, 6:59 am

A couple on a yacht outing off the coast of South Africa get a giant shock when a 40-ton southern right whale jumps out of the ocean and slams into their boat on July 21. The whale destroyed the boat's mast and then returned to the water. The couple were not injured.

Paloma Werner and Ralph Mothes tell how a 40-ton whale jumped and landed on their sailboat in the waters off Cape Town, South Africa. Werner says it was “an extraordinary experience” she would not like to repeat.