It never ceases to amaze me how naive people can be. I love the idea of whale watching etc. So long as its the local people, with local knowledge etc taking you out to go watch them. Sure, sailors etc may come across them on their travels by chance. But to deliberately go and enter the personal space of an animal weighing many tons, maybe with young to protect too, in little more than sail powered a plastic (GRP) shelter?? Would that not be like going to watch hippo, rhino or elephants from behind the safety of a peddle powered Robin Reliant when out on safari in Africa?
Those people are so lucky to be alive!