1.   Even if the transmitter hits the whale, the tag seldom lands on a part of the whale that spends much time out of the water.

2.   While there was no indication as to what Hall struck, BOC racers in the past have hit whales as well as submerged containers that have fallen from ships.

3.   Australian yacht Monier Top Cat had to retire after hitting a whale and losing its rudder.

4.   Australian yacht Monier Top Cat had to retire after hitting a whale and losing its rudder Tuesday.

5.   Race boats such as Brindabella have hit whales and have been damaged in the past.

6.   The yacht hit the whale on Sunday during the first leg of the race between Southampton and Cape Town, South Africa.

7.   Two of the yachts which hit whales pulled out with rudder and hull damage.

8.   P.L. Lease Future Shock, a beamy Melbourne racer which holds the record for the Auckland-Noumea race, hit the whale near Montague Island, they said.

9.   The holed boat, lying seventh when it hit the whale, was expected to reach the southern New South Wales port of Eden before dark, Campbell said.