Lagoon 450 Attacked by Orcas (killer whales) off the Portuguese Coast
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2020
- There have been numerous reports of Orcas attacking yachts this season and nobody really knows why.
In this video we experience 2 hours of harassment from a pod of orcas off the coast of Porto.
The film was taken on October 4th during the yacht delivery of a new Lagoon 450 from Les Sables to Gibraltar.
The music is "Russian River" by Dan Henig.
Orcas: We've been trying to reach you about your boats extended warranty
LMAO!!
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“Pay up, Captain, or your vessel’s gonna get a huge ‘turnover.’”
@@justin2308 But the Captain didn't have a Walmart gift card ready.
I just scared the shit out of my coworkers laughing at this comment. 🤣
It was an Orca’strated attack.
Good One 😂
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Stop it !! Funny though
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I remember as a child going out salmon fishing with fishing in a 14ft aluminum boat with my father and uncle. A pod of Orcas came around the point and came right at us. A big male came so close that my father could have reached over and touched his dorsal fin. It was at least twice as long as the boat. A couple swam right under us, and a few others breached 30m away. We stopped and they swam around, so started up again and they just swam along with us for a couple of minutes then wandered off after the salmon. It was one of the most amazing events of my young life at the time. and never felt afraid. Years later my father told me that it was one of scariest moments of his life given that we called them Killer Whales at the time.
"was never felt afraid"
Naive very Naive.
@@bighands69 Yes, extremely. We had many good laughs about how are our recollections of that day differed.
Somewhere back in the mists of time it got switched to Killer Whales from Whale Killers.
The whaling ships hated orca because orca would interfere with their hunt.
AFAIK there isn't a recorded death by wild orca ever. It's the captive orca you need to worry about.
Wow, what an amazing encounter! There was no need to be afraid- they were just curious and happenend to get some fish. :)
Liar
this might be the same pod of orcas doing this in Spain, near Gibraltar. They travel north across the cost of Portugal. Marine biologists believe they might had a bad encounter with a yacht, while playing- and it turned their behaviour into attacking just yachts.
"Marine biologists"
@@Bontebok5 what if they only biologist in the sea.
@@Bontebok5 sorry, I'm not a native english speaker 😉
actually i heard it is because of the fisherboats which are fighting with the orcas for the red tuna there, as a result they manifested this behavior. They even know how to damage specifically the rudder so it can`t move anymore and since they can`t attack the big fishing trawlers (they would hurt themselves) they go for the smaller sailing boats
They damaged and sunk a sailing ship yesterday 30th of July around midnight, 6 miles off the coast of Sines in Portugal. 6 crew members had to be rescued by a fishing vessel working nearby.
Their upside down posturing is a non threatening move. Better way to respond is to stop. Disengage -they think it's a game. They will lose interest quickly. I've spent hours in the water with these creatures and they deserve our respect. Believe me they know exactly what they are doing. If their intention was to attack/damage your yacht... you wouldn't have it anymore.
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Facts
that is so cool you've been around them
@FirstAnd Last and they have been exhibited to rape, kidnap, and kill for sport proving humans to be no different from other animals in nature.
Ok Jacques.
They were trying to catch you for their submarine dome zoo. Where they make you jump through hoops and spin around before they toss you cheese burgers and slices of pizza.
I would do flips for cheese burgers
funny idea
but dolphins , toothed whales and even killer whales have soft foreheads whitch are more like shock apsorbers than rammers afterall these animals aren't realy built smacking into ships
so all the attacks could be less effective than on a live target altho still quite scary
Sign me up
Or maybe they wanted to capture the yacht, put it in a 100ft pool, and let it sail around in tiny circles for the rest of it's life.
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My guess: Permanent stress because of noise polution. Sound not only travels faster under water but further, too. A lot of creatures rely on sonic signatures when they hunt or hide from predators.
This is quite common in the Gibraltar strait. Orcas bite and broke the small ships rudders. It is supposed that this behaviour belongs to this family or tribe in particular along Portugal to Gibraltar.
Maybe the fish have run out
@@andrewnewton9083 …well if the fish have run out…what would they still be doing there? I mean it takes massive amounts to feed each one….even the slightest increased problem would make them move to richer grounds…and not collectively hang around and tell anyone who is just passing through…how pissed off they are.
@@zeroceiling they've been eating boats and plastic, the most important food groups of the day
@@andrewnewton9083 …well never thought of it that way….but then wouldn’t all the Orcas be heading off for the South China Sea?
@@zeroceiling true true, probably a media blackout on the abundance of Arctic animals chilling down there.:--)
they look like juveniles messing about . I dont think they were fully grown looking at the dorsal fins. Still an unsettling situation.
Bored teenagers lol
I think you are correct. What the crew was worried about was not the boat sinking, but the damage to the steering/propulsion system. Which not only could be financially ruinous, but they would have had to arrange a tow in the open ocean.
The crew was worried about the rudders because they would have had to be rescued. The cost wouldn't be ruinous. Most yatchies build and rebuild their own rudders on their own. In this case this is a company that delivers boats for a living. They would have si.ply ordered a new one, and they would have insurance to be able to sail the boat as they don't own it.
Paul Anderson Wood .....a bunch of bully thug teenagers. We’re familiar with that too.
@@LL-vj5yp Orca lives matter!!!!!!
These are juvenile animals. An Orca's eyes are angled downward somewhat, to help the animal see what is beneath them. When they roll onto their backs they can get a better view of what is above them. This looks like a group of juveniles trying to play with something that doesn't understand their motives.
If these are juveniles this explains a lot. Any Countryman (or woman) will tell you that whereas adult sheep are docile and plodding, at certain times of the day, especially towards twilight, lambs will behave like young hooligans.
Gold star. That sounds right. I can't believe all the idiots commenting, who think those people on board were in danger of being eaten.
The people weren't in danger, at least not of being eaten.... These I'm pretty sure are juveniles, I had the same thought, I'd imagine theyve seen adults do similar things to sharks/whales and we're checking to see if this was food, had they stopped completely they probably would have lost interest and left, for the young ones it's very important to know what you can and can't eat....
This is unheard of. Orcas don’t attack or eat humans.
Just playing.... still, may be dangerous if the rudder is damaged
The Ocean is terrifying.
The second you step into it you're no longer even close to the top of the food chain.
I was surrounded by about 15 Orcas in a 19ft boat of the coast of British Columbia. Excitement quickly turned to fear when they started breaching right by the boat. We never had them bump our boat though, thank god!
When i was in my teens , I lived in a place called Tsawwassen BC , we would go out fishing in this 16ft boat and every so often there would be Orcas next to boat, they could have flipped us at anytime but they just wanted to see who we were and they went back to what they were doing and we would go home because if you see them , there are no fish there anymore, but they are beautiful to watch
Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS? OR they are mistaking the rudder as some kind of other sea animal to play with...
@@helenpierce-lamoureux3124 you’re onto something
@@helenpierce-lamoureux3124 its 3 things pollution degrading their health food sources depleting and sound from human activity that prevents them from communicating as easily
They were testing and learning watch how they killed there trainers at sea world
YOU DIDNT HAVE SONAR AND CONSTANTLY SCREAM IN THEIR EARS! IF SOMEONE CONSTANTLY SCREAMED IB YOUR EARS WHAT WOULD YOU DO???
I can't resist... "You're gonna need a bigger boat".
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These attacks are all taking place off the Coast of Spain. So it is one pod, and scientists have noticed 2 of the Orcas that were attacking the boats were badly injured, most likely from propellers. Orcas are a generational learners, older ones will teach younger ones and so on. So these attacks are most likely a self defense mechanism against the encroachment of boaters into there environment after a number of injuries.
Orcas have a long history of attacking and even sinking boats, for some reason this area of the world has gotten much worse but there are many stories of orcas sinking sailing yachts in different parts of the world. There's a famous story in the pacific of a whole family stranded on a raft for 2months after orcas sunk their boat early 80's
@@richcherwalk6349 I saw an interview with the guy who was 18yrs old on that yacht. He said the orca was so badly injured it bled to death. That probably wasn't an attack. They probably hit the pod while they were sleeping.
@@gingerjessy Not sure if it was same interview but the one I saw said they were terrified the wale would sink thier life raft after sinking their boat. There are reported wale attacks on boats throughout history.
so what was the damage, if any? would be nice to be able to conclude if they were just playing or "harassing"
There is a family of Orca “protecting” the entrance to Gibraltar. I thought you knew that.
There are many other incidents, just like this.
Maybe they are relatives of the orcas that were kidnapped during the 80s 90s that was sold to perform, orca kidnapping story passed from relatives and now they think all human boats are bad and are trying to attack 🤔😂
Except this was off Porto, in northern Portugal.
I dont think they are protecting the straight they are just starving. The more I look into that particular pod and that region it seems like a possibility that due to lack of normal food sources that pod has started seeing humans as a food source. Straights of Gibraltar during especially past 2 or 3 years has had many people crossing it packed on small rafts/boats, many of who go missing. Its just a theory but it would explain that pods behaviour. There seems to be a very strong narrative that Orcas never attack humans in the wild but due to overfishing of tuna in the region the Orcas are starving and with other readily and easily accessible food sources I just see it as a possibility that no one seems to be looking at.
This was posted in 2020 when it just started. So they would not have known about it then. It has been going on since then.
This was a perfect situation to off your spouse if you wanted to. All you had to do was push her in and no one would be the wiser. You could tell the authorities "she slipped" or "she was knocked off board." Seriously this was a gift from the heavens, and a missed opportunity!
Same bunch of teenage lads as in other incidents in that area. Some have reported that if you stop the boat in the water, play dead, they very quickly lose interest and leave.
Go swimming with them and see if they're really human loving orcas.
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Good one mate! That's a suggestion that I don't think will be acted upon, lol !! 😱😰🥺😲😬
So like, treat it like you would treat a bear?
The coast guard told these yachties to do that, but they only turned off their engines and continued sailing, which is why the orcas kept going longer than they normally do. These sailors don't listen and follow instructions well.
@@HUESEExJK only a brown though. “If it’s brown, go to ground. If it’s black, fight it back. If it’s white, say goodnight”
this was happening all down that south west European coast during their summer/autumn 2020 period but I do not recall any reports in 2021/22.....did you hear anything?
Biologist here. NO some fishermen feed them. They were signaling to boat occupants to give them fish.
If the Coast Guard recommends "turn off all systems," I'm wondering whether some of those systems are irritating to them.
Sound carries far underwater and a prop and engine make quite a racket.
As you might know Orca's and dolphins use sound , echo location, to find and catch prey. Maybe the boats disturbe their hunting activities?
The rudders can produce sound too like a dog whistle. Might need to contact the manufacturer to research this. My rudders use to make harmonic noise I could hear at higher speeds.
I wonder if people will just do everything they can to avoid the truth.
They are killer whales and can attack. They are like lions or mooses and humans have no understanding of them.
@@bighands69 Found the ignorant one.
i believe is that so they get bored and leave.
Years ago, racing on a Sigma 36 in Portland Harbour, UK we had strange banging from underneath and the rudder was hit upwards repeatedly so hard from below that it lifted on its pivots each time and the stern rode up enough to feel it - then 4 dolphins surfaced around the boat - It was unnerving how strong the impacts were - they then swam with the boat for a while, doing barrel rolls in the wake behind and by the bow. I wondered if they were taking it in turns to scratch their backs with the rudder.
Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS? OR they are mistaking the rudder as some kind of other sea animal to play with...AS WELL, many have said they look like 'teen' Orca's so prob w/intent to play; mistaking rudder w/some other sea life; AND THEY ARE USED TO CHINESE MERCHANT FEEDING THEM OFF THEIR BOATS-LEARNED BEHAVIOR? I just don't think bc they are BIG and KILL FOR FOOD/DEFENSE they are the Ted Bundy's of the sea!
Now I’m wondering if their backs itches ever.
Things feel stronger underwater, because the vibrations move through you slower. This is a good comment, cz I was just about to leave mine, telling people to think of them as dolphins, cz they are. Fear goes away. ..... SBS, of course they get itches.
The only fear was we might have to throw the race because we'd hit something solid underwater like a submerged oil drum or even a container. We were a long way out and from the depth sounder we knew it wasn't the seabed. Just one of those weird and wonderful experiences - BTW we won the race and the series.
@@granthostheflatulent Well, sure, you're getting pushed by dolphins. What I said was, 'killer whales' = fear, dolphins = no fear
If they had always been known as orca dolphins, they would have a much different image, not that it's that scary now, but....
What noise was your boat giving out?
Does anybody know if the boat had an ultrasonic antifouling system on it!
They look too small to be adults. Probably just playing
no..they don't play..they flip boats all the time and attack anything that moves..nothing is safe from them ...pfft and people are scared of sharks...these things were train to kill fellow whales for humans and gladly did it for thier brothers livers...look it up.
@@lawrencecarter8072 there are no reported deaths of humans caused by orcas in The wild only in captivity where they are mentally abused. Orcas are brutal creatures toward there prey but what do u expect from a apex predator. Only flipped boats have been fishing boats where seals have gotten into The nets and The orcas trying to get to them get ur facts straight.
You go for a snorkel with them then Tony Bruce Lee Quint Dixon!
@@pannkaka5138 u said it yourself..not reported...hard to report in the belly of a beast...or covered up..or in countries that don't report anything.
@@pannkaka5138 attacking paddle surfers..no seals in thier nets...
I sailed a FP Antigua 37 round the world. Back in the day ,we said Orcas, and whales generally, are highly intelligent. If you simply start an engine, or better still both, then they will know you are a boat. And they do not like to eat fibreglass. This most definitely worked for me. And one very scary encounter was back in my student days we sea kayaked from Mull of Kintyre 22 mile across to Northern Ireland . 3 kayaks 2 miles from land. And 4 orcas circled us and one surfaced right next to me and i was staring into its eye. It was as though they checked us out. Decided we were not food . And went down to the makerel feast that is in the North Channel. They are famously still there 40 years later. The local fishermen told us they never attack boats.
Oh wow! I grew up in Antigua 🇦🇬! We had a little cottage there up the hill from Dickenson's bay. That was many decades ago and it was magical! My Mom was getting ready to move there fir good and sadly she died from a massive heart attack at 62.
So sorry about your Mum. That's too young!
I loved Antigua, esp English Harbour,and down to Trinidad for carnival and hurricane season back in the 90's. But the Pacific was the best Good luck with your sailing . Good vids.@@meganruchwatercolors7186
that was my understanding .. they basically never attack humans.
@@jbbolts in the wild, i dont believe they have ever attacked humans, that i know of. Its weird. Almost like we have some strange primal bond with them (and other whales/dolphins) that goes back thousands of years.
@@John_Redcorn_ like dogs... maybe to a lesser extent...and yes even wolves have been known to respect humans
Did you try turning off the depth sounder.?
There is a good book written by a man and his wife, who were sailing across the Pacific when whales sunk their family boat. Afterwards they spent more than two months floating in their survival raft, living on fish and turtles, drinking water from the desalination machines they were smart to make sure were part of their survival gear. They were eventually picked up just as they were drifting close to the coast of Peru.
Unfortunately I can't seem to remember the name of the book at the moment.
The name of the book is "Survive the Savage Sea". There's even a movie about it.
You forgot to mention that sharks surrounded their raft and in a never before recorded event
turned over on their fin side with bellies up and pissed on that man and woman .
What I want to know is do sharks urinate unsalted water or salted urine ? In other words ,
were the sharks trying to help them or mocking
them .
Their story was in Sail magazine !!!
Thanks for posting this! I saw the news articles, and it's nice to see a report directly from those involved.
What? Nice to see reports about KILLER WHALES so ppl can turn MORE AGAINST THEM? Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS?
This was a perfect situation to off your spouse if you wanted to. All you had to do was push her in and no one would be the wiser. You could tell the authorities "she slipped" or "she was knocked off board." Seriously this was a gift from the heavens, and a missed opportunity!
If this phenomenon is happening more and more frequently I’m wondering if they’re actually trying to communicate their displeasure over some boats out there taking their food away from them, especially the Chinese with their gigantic fishing fleet that goes around the world stripping the oceans.
Maybe they are tired of people dumping trash and unloading waste tanks in their habitat. Just saying.🤔
Good shout guys! I was thinking along the lines of if this is happening more and more then perhaps they're figuring out a way to sink smaller boats and get an easy meal lol
My guess is that the boats electronics were throwing out sounds that were irritating to the whales.Orca have never been known to attack a boat or human.We may not be getting the whole story either.Did the boat interrupt a hunt by pulling on board prey or did the boat intentionally send out electronic noises to interrupt a hunt of the dolphin in progress?
Not sure but some non-cable systems and equipments could cause disadvantage or disturbing effects upon their habitat during their feeding action. They use similar waves/sound in order to determine other fishes' coordinates as far as I know.
I had orcas near my boat in 1983 without Electronic onboard. We start engine and they disapeared
Thanks for sharing this incredible footage.
what happens when you fire up the engine? At least you have a spinning prop blade to fight back against them. Or drop a 110v AC cable into the water connected to the genset?
I think they were trying to make you go faster so they can ride the wake. Literally asking you to play 😢
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@@d.b.4201 how you know? You speak orca?
@@masanchez1992 There are dozens of videos of Orcas riding the wakes behind boats. It's a documented thing
@@liamedwards7656 you’re making my point. I didn’t argue against that. I am literally saying what you are saying lol.
@@masanchez1992 Meant to reply to the other guy
They’re just saying “go faster we want to ride the bow wave”. Turning all systems off and floating isn’t playing..... so they swam away.
VERY WELL COULD BE!!!! Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS?
Did you run your engines in gear at all?
I love the soothing background music that was playing during this "supposed" attack.
Is there follow up info on whether there was damage when the boat got to the marina/port?
They took a bite out of the rudder apparently. 😳
Who cares 🙅♀️ the sea is their world .. not ours
@@marycompton7861 the question was damage to boat-not your world opinion on the seas and yet another leftist liberal view shoved down our throats. I agree that we crap on the environment, but you don’t have crap on a dude that is sailing the seas. It doesn’t solve anything to just continually attack someone. Good day!!!
Orcas: "OI! Bloody noisy neighbours!? Turn it DOWN!"
I hope you dry docked the yacht and inspect for damages before delivery to new buyer?
I am not an expert but I cannot remember where I read about this happening more frequently. Orca actively ripping rudders off and attacking other underwater components.
Some paper or article mentioned they were either unhappy with the noise it made disrupting their hunt or they know of being hit by a boat at some point.
They can and will attack humans when it suits them. They know that there are humans on the boats. There is nothing new in this and sailors have seen these since the first time man took to the sea's.
@@bighands69 There are ZERO recorded attacks of Orca's on man in the wild, only captivity.
@@bighands69 of course they know we are on the boat but they are just telling us it’s time to go because of the noise and also a lot of times they have baby Orcas in the pods which they are very protective of.
Seems like a depth sounder or fish finder pulse coming off a transducer might piss them off, especially if they're trying to get the kids to bed.
Part of me was thinking, oh are they going to try and make a big wave like that one video with the seal on the ice lol
I think you're right! I have seen the video that you're talking about where all killer orcas swim up to a floating iceberg and bump it and cause huge waves and with the seal on top to creating huge Waves on to the iceberg that pushes the seal into the water? So most likely the killer orcas think that the human are seals floating on top of an iceberg?
They are trying to develop new hunting techniques for human! 😱😅
@@janred94 nah.
ya they havnt learned this behavior in this part of the world. that would work. lets hope no orcas are reading these comments.
This pod of orcas doesn't have that skill set. Orca pods have different hunting techniques than others. Many of them don't even speak the same dialects. So, pretty unlikely that this pod knows how to use that technique.
Great advice by the Portuguese coastal guards because years ago I came across this issue and I was also told to turn off the engine.
Portugal 🇵🇹 is a fine country
Portugal looks beautiful. Would love to visit it one day, especially Porto 🧡
Great advice, turn off the engines so you don’t hurt the Orcas that are trying to eat you
@@joedirt1532 That's the risk you take when you go into their backyard. LOL
a load of buckshot thru Orca's head with a Remington 870 Mariner would have stopped it
Are you sure that the coastguard didn’t mean that you should try to stop all movement? No motor or sailing?
As others have said, I have to imagine that they are pretty well pissed-off with the overfishing in the area, the noise and sea pollution, as well as the fishing boats killing them and their cousins...
They’re not pissed at all. It’s either a learned behavior where they go and bang on fishing boats to get the crew to throw them fish, or they’re simply rubbing their belly on the rudder to try to remove parasites. If they were even the slightest bit pissed, the boat would be at the bottom of the sea. These animals can break a blue whale skull with a head butt and throw a 300kg dolphin 20 meters into the air with a flick of the tail. They’re searching for food or scratching an itch.
I’ve had a pod of Orcas swim along side and play off the bow much like dolphins do, but they never made contact with my boat. Very strange!
thats because Europe coast has i guess....something like 2 billion yachts . And people start feeding Orcas...doing sh*t with them because of JEALOUSY and ...crappy education
That's actually pretty common, orcas in the wild are known to protect or just follow humans, they are very curious animals
Killer Whales are Dolphins
@Zangief The Red They have stopped the attacks since there's way less boat activity due to the covid pandemic and also the government placed laws to stay away from the orcas. No one was injured on the attacks. You really think a boat is more important than a human?
@Zangief The Red Also, the orcas that attacked the boats were covered in bruises and scars - they were being constantly ran over by boats in the area and decided that it was enough. They were only attacking a specific type of boat because it was similar to the boat that attacked them.
Has no one in your company asked the question: "why are there orcas only attack these kinds of yatchs and ignore others??"
They got the american flag. Orcas are smart.
@@ceyrul2772 And they don't joke with their lives.
What color is the bottom coating? I read somewhere that some colors draw attention of predators.
@@ceyrul2772 Hahahahaha
There's research being done on that , it's kind of hard though since we don't speak Orca.
So where exactly was the "attack" ?
This seems to be a phenomenon off Spain and Portugal and mostly carried out by young Orcas. If one gets injured by a boat, the rest will attack the boat....for a bit of revenge, but only the boat. They aren't known to attack people like that.
Maybe if you jumped into the water when they attacked rudder, you might reconsider the threat they pose.
@@Salmon_Rush_Die Why don't you tell the Spanish CoastGuard and tell them and all their marine biologists are wrong
You can jump to the sea to find out if they are up for revenge on humans.
Interesting .
Pay no mind to the smartasses.
Same comments many times below. Sems to have started in 2020.
Do you think it's possible the depth sounder is audible and an irritation to them?
@Justget Onwithit A sailing vessel cannot accelerate to 15 or 20 knots like a motorboat, if neccesary
@Justget Onwithit Propellers give them heart burn
If something was irritating them surely they would stay away from the source of the irritation? Someone, on a yatch, has done something to piss off the apex predator of the sea and the Orcas haven't forgotten and they're not forgiving either 😉
@@matthewwhittaker5428 Now marine biologists say that there are three specimens, two young and one adult, who is teaching them to attack sea mammals
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I agree! Was thinking the exact same thing. If somebody has done something not nice to one or all of them either deliberately or accidentally and they are none to happy about it so they've got issues with any seafaring craft and they're letting the humans know about it. Or, it could just simply be young wipper snappers being naughty, getting up to no good, lol !!
Did you think they might cause damage that could sink the boat? I've heard of cases hitting rocks knocking off a rudder or prop shaft causing a leak
About a week ago the orcas sinked a sailboat at Portugal coast.
Was the boat damaged ? The coast guard told you to shut down your engines?
What was the advice from the Portuguese coastguard? It may help others...
They are slowly learning how to sink one of those vessels..
@MrSeek They did back in the70s - read Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson. Their boat sank in minutes.
@@the-fiddling-fox did not know that.. maybe this pod is learning how to..
@Robert Evans yup... They teach the little ones in the pods how to hunt.. Different techniques..ect
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I say to people over and over again. I wouldn’t be shocked if something like that is the case.
Terrifying that they could sink you if they really try.....so freaking smart and powerful.
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@@bobbysworlds What's funny, they can sink the boat if they had the hull of that Yacht is not very thick and strong , they can knock a hole in it, they were not trying to sink the boat .. they were playing around ..
@@davehart7943 That is true. Long ago an orca rammed a Coast Guard boat/ship at the dock in the harbor of Monterey California. I can't recall the details, but I remember thinking that Coast Guard boats generally have hulls that are stronger than the plastic hulls of many pleasure craft.
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How on earth would you know they are playing around?
@@bighands69 They eat moose and seals on beaches. Why do you think they didn't do the same thing to humans on boats or beaches?
Hello, I'm a journalist from CNN Portugal and I'm currently preparing a multimedia piece about the orcas in the portuguese coast. I need pictures and videos to ilustrate my article. Is it possible to use the part of this video that shows a orcan interaction ? I would be credited.
Thank you
Please email enquiries@halcyonyachts.com to discuss this.
The banging sounded like it was added not part of the original video.
I had read about this the other day. Incredible to see actual footage of this happening. Glad you are all safe.
Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS? OR they are mistaking the rudder as some kind of other sea animal to play with...AS WELL, many have said they look like 'teen' Orca's so prob w/intent to play; mistaking rudder w/some other sea life; AND THEY ARE USED TO CHINESE MERCHANT FEEDING THEM OFF THEIR BOATS-LEARNED BEHAVIOR? I just don't think bc they are BIG and KILL FOR FOOD/DEFENSE they are the Ted Bundy's of the sea!
I don’t this is threatening. The might be banging the boat but I don’t think they seriously trying to sink it.
What exactly did you do to those Orca to make them “attack”? Who posted this, Sea World??
Exactly
Please don’t demonize these beautiful animals ❤️🙏
Is there a lot of fishing vessels fishing in the waters,maybe decimating their food sources.
What’s using your boat as a hiding spot ?
Scary. We delivered our boat down this coast this time last year and had dolphins with us all the way along the Portuguese coast. Now I'm thinking they were watching out for us 🤔
You think dolphins can guard you against orcas playing with your boat? I hope you are joking. Orcas have been known to eat up to 14 or 15 dolphins during a feeding session.
@@kevindinsmore2556 I've read that the feeding habits of resident versus migratory orkas are very different. In any case, I'm glad it was Flipper we spotted and not Willy
@@katamaranscom - If you still travel those waters you should read up on this. They have attacked over 60 boats now. A number of boats have had to be towed to shore. These are deliberate attacks that last hours. In June some sailors had to be rescued when they crippled their boat. Smaller boats were banned by the Spanish government at one point. It's pretty crazy.
@@AnyoneCanSee Yes, I have heard that the attacks have continued. We are based further up into the Med, this was our delivery trip and we were fortunate not to encounter any.
I don't exactly think that this was an attack, but then again I didn't feel them ram my vessel
why didn't they head back to shore?
I love how sea gives us subtle hints that we are at their mercy out there.
I've only been sailing about a year, I own a 25' Ericson and man oh man, I couldn't imagine how terrifying that experience would be on my little boat.
You're going to need a bigger boat😂
We are going to need a bigger boat
At least with your boat, you can raise your rudder and centerboard to avoid damage
When ocra attacks:
Its a story about a Texas cafeteria specializing in fried vegetables
Used to kayak with orcas of the coast of BC, never had any issues, they were curious but careful. This is crazy to see.
maybe they don't like rich people on yachts
Typical animal lover response. They are wild and can attack that is it.
@@bighands69 Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful apex predators. In the wild, there have been no reliably verified fatal attacks on humans. In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s.
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@@bighands69 very few instances in the wild documented though. We are just not worth the energy it would take to chew us up.
@@bighands69 maybe one but not a pod.
Why did they attack the ship?
They just wanted to talk to you about your boat's extended warranty....
Dreadful distracting music in the background
those animals dont want your loud ass boat in their water especially when they need to communicate and might not hear each other
That is scary hearing them banging around down there not knowing what they are up to but exhilarating to be so close to the huge ocean creatures.
The claim is that these Iberian Orcas (around Spain and Portuguese) are the only ones that exhibit this behavior and there aren't many of them about 39 individuals of varying ages. It's likely the propeller of a Yacht injured or killed a young Orca and this is retaliatory behavior.
@@MuantanamoMobile I think it’s because tourists in that area feed them to encourage them to come close. When they don’t get treats they get pushy. I think this is the only area this happens in but not 100% sure.
There was another CZcamsr “Newsflare” that has a video about this on 7/2/21 and they had damage done to their sailboat. They said the orcas are associating food or lack of food for them with boats/people. Hence the attacks. They said the pod of orcas were very aggressive. Their rudder was chewed in half almost crippling the boat.
Apparently that's how they prey on whales, first they bite their fins off so they can't move, then they eat them. Here the poor taste of rudder and lack of blood prevent the more brutal attacks that usually follow...
@@smartcatcollarproject5699 : I am intrigued by your tag name. Did you invent a smart collar for cats to track it’s whereabouts?
USED TO CHINA BOATS FEEDING THEM!!!!
Maybe they are relatives of the orcas that were kidnapped during the 80s 90s that was sold to perform, orca kidnapping story passed from relatives and now they think all human boats are bad and are trying to attack 🤔😂
That seemed very territorial of them, The belly up is normally a hello signal. Question, is their a lot of fishing trolly's in that area?. Something must of happened to the pod or a pod member that triggers a response when seeing boats around them.
You called it, the pod were attacked by poachers (harpoons) made them protective of all things entering their water.
"The belly up is normally a hello signal"
Typical hippy nonsense.
@@bighands69 the belly up, has been observed performed in social behaviors by orcas. In greetings among each others
Was the oil leaking from ur lagoon 450 or was there impending danger those orcas wanted to steer you guys away from?
I did some further research it said they hit their baby by the boat.... So the orca turned round and attacked the boat
Young bucks having some fun.
It reminds me of the story of juvenile elephants harassing fully grown rhinos a few years ago. The vet. system finally concluded it was because they were "teenagers" and had never had an adult male elephant for guidance. They put them in with adults and it corrected their behavior.
... single mom's sons problem ....
Iirc male elephants also “come into heat”? Young elephants experiencing a massive testosterone surge for the first time would also explain such behaviour.
When I was a kid I was on a fishing trip with my dad. I ruined an entire day because I was having fun feeding a Porpoise dead fish from a chum bucket. That Porpoise followed us around all day. Has anyone attempted to change the behavior of these orcas? If they were fed as I did would the stop destroying ?
I wonder if its the new electronics being installed on these boats
what i have read, turn off all electronics and motor and drop sails basically stop moving.
thats it ...thats what the experts say after a portuguese/spanish meeting about this subject ,,,as any wild animal , if you dont run , its better ,,,stop movingg, disconect eletronics, drop the sails...and pray :) heheheh scary indeed
@johnny cash
I see your still rocking the boat ( so to speak, lol ) from the other side, Mr Johnny Cash, pml. !! 👍😂
@johnny cash
Lol
they know we are killing their oceans, can't blame them for being ticked off ....
Yeah, okay.... They turned on the nightly new to find that info too I suppose? 🙄
even far lower order creatures understand it when their survival is being threatened. Whales and dolphins have very large brains, they communicate at length, they understand all kinds of things - do you seriously think they don't know that we're killing their oceans ?
@@Noscams00 And I guess those orcas found the source, a couple hippies in a sailboat
Pseudo philosofy
Who’s we?
I wonder if in an extreme emergency you could use the dinghy motor and rudder to get into port
Like a cat stropping the front door they're asking for food...
You should change the idiotic, demonising title of this video. These are juvenile Orca's and they're not attacking but playing.
If this happens again you need to sing to them. No joke.
source: trust me bro
What sort of stuff do they like? I mean if it's female vocal solo then that could be tricky unless I get my operation reversed.
fascinating. like what kind of songs/vocal sounds would resonate with them?
Some pods get crazy mad about propellers, but they'll usually leave your boat alone if you stop the motor.
Are you sure they weren't scratching an itch or rubbing off dead skin or parasites?
For the uninformed commenting about Orca responding to the boat's "electronics", no evidence exists to support the theory that Orca can detect the electric or magnetic fields produced by electronics - regardless of their strength. There is plenty of evidence, however, that proves they are sensitive to mechanical vibrations (ie. sonar) in the water. Boat electronics do not create mechanical vibrations in the hull or water that are comparable in amplitude or frequency to those transmitted to a vessel's hull that are created by sail rigging, rotating propellers, engines, or clunking rudders. The best Orca deterrent will likely wind up being a sonar transmitter that outputs high level signals at frequencies that are annoying to Orca - kind of like a boom box that belts out high volume hip-hop in the presence of your grandparents.
cj g sounds legit and logical... I’m guessing some frequencies/modulations/amplitude would get their interest and some would annoy them and drive them away. As you stated, I wouldn’t think electronics like a VHF radio or a radar designed to transmit through air would be detectable by any undersea creature.
Interestingly sharks can use electrical impulses to track prey.
“No evidence exists to support “. I never believe anyone who utters that phrase.
@@andre1987eph No one cares about your "beliefs".
Here we go. Mr. Know-it-all with a lot of jibberish and misinformation.
It’s mind blowing how smart Orcas are
They are one of the smartest animal on earth.
They're just fish, it's basically like chicken
they ARE but not so ANALYTICALLY THINKING TO FORM ARMY ATTACK! They prob think/relate the rudder as a fin...??? COULD BE. OR, SO DEPLETE in their Normal source of food they are trying ANYTHING to try to message 'help'...desperation??? Has Anyone checked into the depletion of their natural food sources-if THOSE are depleted? THIS SEEMS like BEHAVIOR MORE of messaging via desperation than INTENTIONAL HARM OR MEANNESS! THEY ARE INTELLIGENT but ANALYTICALLY CAPABLE? THIS IS BEHAVIOR IMO BASED ON DESPERATE...INSTINCTS!!!! I'M NOT SEEING...ATTACK!!!! OR, is it POSSIBLE they are TRYING TO SIMPLY COMMUNICATE? ARE WE MISSING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY bc of jumping to conclusions and our own FEARS?
@@helenpierce-lamoureux3124 Orcas are highly intelligent and quite strategic. They utilize various formations and communicate with one another SO, I think if they wanted to form an Army Attack, they could. However, I'm not so sure that was an "attack". . . I feel if they intended on actually damaging or sinking the boat they could have done so.
My guess is that IF they were not simply trying to play then they did not like the propellers scaring away their fish, perhaps. Or maybe the boat was using some sort of sonar/radar that was screwing with the Orcas sonar.. ??
Orca’s are not fish, they are mammals. The largest of the oceanic dolphins. They are more intelligent than most humans and the top predators of the sea! They eat great white sharks. Taught at a very young age by their mother. Highly social and have never attacked a human being within the ocean. They have killed their trainers before at seaworld after being held captive and forced to do humans bidding for lots of money. Seaworld has been proven over and over again to lie, cheat and sale orca’s for profit even after they had killed a person, only to separate mothers and their young again for profit and lying to the people who they sold the killer orca to. One Orca they named Hugo was so depressed he committed suicide by ramming his head into the cement wall within his tank till he died. God I could go on about how rotten people are but it’s usually the extremely stupid ones anyway who wouldn’t get it!!!
Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson
After their 43ft schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six of the Robertson family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific in a small dingy. There were no maps, compass, navigation instruments, or rations for only 3 days.
Where exactly is this "attack"? I do not see anything threatening here.
Sailers should realize they are invading orca habitat, not the other way around...
sailors
Interesting I bet your the only human whose home job site and route to work doesn’t “invade” nature’s habitat
No, Earth is our habitat. They continue to exist because we will it.
They know you went to Seaworld !!!
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training / play Or it could be giving off sound that you're not aware of
Animals hear and feel what we say and think; what did you say or do on this boat??
by far the most bizarre story I have seen in a long time.
Have you been sleeping through the Covid scam ?
''ONLY IN EUROPE'' trademark
if you where attacked by ORCA's you would not have even floated through it ,
I was thinking the same thing. A decent size pod of ADULT Orcas would've destroyed that boat if it were under any REAL attack. These clearly were not adults, and they were simply bumping the boat. And while I do understand that might be somewhat frightening out in the middle of the ocean...a REAL attack would have been far worse!!
Prove this has happened?
@@barnetthejosh prove that you still love me ? :(
@@barnetthejosh there was a family lost at sea for 40 days because a pod of orcas sank their sailboat.
@@barnetthejosh here you go czcams.com/video/np1LNKQQHhY/video.html
That is why you need to carry a .308 or two, this could have been stopped in the first few minutes. My parents' catamaran was attacked by a Sperm whale en route from Chile to French Polynesia, it caused quite a lot of damage to the side of the boat. When a second whale came at them from behind, they started an engine which caused it to veer off, and got a .308 out ready. The wife of a sailor, was waiting in Tahiti for his boat making the same voyage, it was 3 months overdue, obviously it sank.
Just last year an Australian Destroyer doing exercises with the US Navy, unknowingly killed 2 whales (mother & calf) and dragged them under the ship until they docked in San Diego, so it's possible this pod had a similarly sized boat or yacht kill or harm one of the members of their pod and now they see similar ships as a threat.