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Our delivery Yacht had a serious interaction with a large pod of Orcas
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2021
- We were on a yacht delivery from the UK to Greece and approaching the Straits of Gibraltar, where we were headed to refuel and take a nights rest.
About 20-30 miles off the Spanish coast nearing Tarifa, we encountered a large pod of orca’s. For the next two hours or so, we were battered and rammed by these beautiful beasts. There have been a number of interactions with this specific pod over the past year.
Perhaps it is due to the lack of food that they are experiencing. Perhaps they have just had enough with mankind. But they spent their time ramming the rudder over and over. At one point we witnessed one of the Orca’s swimming off with a large chunk of the rudder in its mouth.
It was a humbling experience. One that I would be happy to never go through again, but I am deeply grateful too. It was the most majestic thing to be that close to these apex predators. I will never forget this day.
We managed to limp back to Gibraltar and from the dockside we were able to see the damage to the rudder. I’m grateful that we still had steering and that nobody was injured or the need for a liferaft to be deployed on a sinking boat. All was fine. But the delivery was over. The yacht will need to be assessed and hauled out the water for inspection. I do feel sorry for the owner of the boat who will not have his boat waiting for him in Greece like he had hoped.
From there I flew back to the UK and took a connecting flight out to Greece where I am now, on my own boat, preparing her to go back in the water and sail back to the UK. Don’t think I will be going via the Gibraltar Straits. One orca interaction was more than enough. I hear the French Canals are lovely this time of year.
Hi folks.
It’s been a while since I updated any videos. I sailed back from Greece to the Uk and made my way via the western coast of Italy and eventually made my way up the rivers and canals of France. I’ll be posting new videos of all of the journey and more footage of the Orca interaction shortly.
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Martin.
@5:05-5:10
what was the joke by your lad ?
I cannot understand what you have gone through but I like what you say when you said "they are beautiful". You obviously respect them. They obviously are having fun. Little buggers. But we go in their oceans. Disturb them. And make loud noises with Sonar. And as you say, eat all their fish. Which is why I won't eat fish now. I feel for these dolphins. And I love how you still respect them. I'm glad you got back safely.
They did it again and sank a sailingboat near the spanish coast 😱
Loving the narration! What an absolutely amazing story to tell. Thanks for sharing🙏🏻👏🏻
"I didn't want to be kicked flipped to Jesus" that made me laugh so hard I had to comment about it lol. I am absolutely terrified of orcas. I couldn't imagine going through this. I would have definitely pooped my pants on the spot lol
They were investigating.Transient Hunters wouldn’t intend any harm. If Capsized ones terror would be delusional, and natural all the same to fear. But they would never harm you.They would not mistake you for a seal. If they’re at the boat, they know who you are. Human. And even a mischievous male youth would not harm you: and would most likely be timid to close in.But they will.To say hello maybe
Between sharks and orcas you're most definitely more safe with orcas.
I've been kick flipped by a large bottle nose dolphin when underwater. Just a warning with no actual contact, but it actually made a bang noise and knocked me sideways. I was probably too close to her calf. I can swim at about 2mph she could do 25mph. If she wanted to hurt me, I would have been defenceless.
I just came to say the same thing. That was hilarious 😂😂 must find humor in seriously stressful situations haha
Hard same on your whole comment. I will remember (and use) "kick-flipped to Jesus" forever.
Great video! Glad you and your ship mates are okay!
You can name the video 'An Orca-strated Whale of a Time' :)
These sounds are orca warnings of danger. I learned this as a child watching them in Oregon and how they’d call before bad storms or when the large barge type boats were moving through their hunting grounds.
In this video…The smaller ones are mimicking the larger ones. Almost like they are being taught. To mess with the rudder is a direct intent. They must have a keen grasp of how the boat is controlled or have been able to correlate that part of the boat with the boat doing what they want it to.
Maybe they’re keeping it out of their hunting grounds?
A bit of research says that biologists and whale experts are theorizing that one or a few orcas were injured by a boat and adapted to teach their young to disable the threat. The boat being the threat.
We know orcas are incredibly intelligent and that they can plan hunts as a pod so perhaps this is them adjusting finally to the invasiveness of humanity.
1:45 "this was something a little bit more Orca-strated" 😉
I got chills when he said “this wasn’t friendly.”
I'm sure you would be unfriendly too if you were hungry af dependent on catching some wild animals and some moron species on loud machines chased away your dinner.
@@clarkethedark you are not wrong
@@clarkethedark humans have and always will be the problem. Not sure what bends people out of shape about that. We are apex predators on land and orcas are apex predators of the ocean.
Thank you for the calm & lovely narrative. The Orcas can be quite Inquisitive & playful,They are smart creatures 😊🤓. & yes I concur - we humans are in Their waters (living quarters). nevertheless, I would probably be a bit shaken by that experience. Those lovely creatures are Large!
😊🌟
Bow and Arrow, sling shot. Defend yourself. Once Killer Whales find out how tasty humans are, we are all done. Defend yourself and your ship.
Just watched this Martin. After reading your Facebook post. Well done for having the foresight to record this. Very, very intriguing.
The sea is a great supplier of those white knuckle moments isn't it.
Very glad you came through the experience, with only some repairs needed.
Hope you have a chilled trip home to Blighty ;)
“Orcastrated”…
In America, we shoot predators, as its our Ocean and our Boat. Better than becoming "Fish" food. A few sail boats have been rammed by big whales, so hard that the keel fell off and they had to abandon ship.
They are just playing.
In America you shoot everything, what a backward society. It is NOT your ocean, it is the Orca’s ocean, how a human can lay claim to a kingdom of a creature that evolved there just shows what sort of messed up “logic” you have. The Orcas are not being vindictive, angry or any other human emotive term. They are nearly always juveniles that take part and playing, learning how to take down a big prey perhaps but even if you jumped in they’d not harm you. Not a single person has ever been killed by an Orca while it is in its natural habitat.
Thank you for that calm and interesting narration of the situation, I hate this scaremongering and meretricious videos with screaming and shouting people, so exaggerating dramatic. I still have my respect for orcas and I dint know why they do it, had interactions with orcas (never hostile or so aggressive) on some spots and I think yours will be an experience no one would like to have twice. So I really appreciate your calm way of narration.
I see it the way that we are invading (voluntary) their natural habitat, they have no choice or way to go anywhere, they can not just jump out of the water and walk away nor can they easily change their natural born habits. But we have chosen to invade their habitat so we have to respect them abs their behaviour and hope that nature not stands up against us, I think if they really wanted to harm us or sink a boat they would have done so many times, they just break rudders, not one bist yet sunk or was close to and no human yet was harmed or injured. They easily could jump onto deck to try breaking the hull, they never did at any time…
Amazing Marty, glad you're safe!
My guess as to why this large pod is damaging rudders of countless boats:- fishing boats are throwing food overboard to stop them damaging their boat. The lack of food has them doing this for a free meal. It's only a guess, but they won't spend hours damaging boats at the risk of injuries for no reward.
Oh shit... You got a point there... See this is why we're not legally permitted to feed marine mammals. Expectations are formed. And when said expectations aren't met, they get grumpy.
There is a problem with your logic here. Fishing boats do not get attacked and neither do catamarans, only monohull yachts. If they were looking for food they’d hassle fishing trawlers not yachts. This has become a “fad” behaviour just like the other fads that have been observed such as wearing sea weed as “hats” for a few years, this fad will pass.
Nicely done Martin and defo think canals of France the right choice heading back to UK!
Thanks for this video and the way you presented things, clever !
There have been several reports of Orca pods...let's call it "confronting" if not attacking....vessels in Spanish waters over the past year--which apparently was not very common until recently. I wonder if anyone has been able to work out the reason why...of course, it's obvious that they must see us as invaders of their home and their space but it's interesting to see a situation that suggests that they have had about enough of us....
Possible collisions with boats injured Orcas. Their family members must be pissed.
@@benthekeeshond545 are you calling the orcas terrorists ?
Boats are loud and they disturb their hunting grounds. Orca are very adaptable and would not exhibit this behavior towards humans unless they felt they had to. they are an endangered species and travel around the world and change their diets and adapt to different prey in order to survive. Seems this Gibraltar area has become important to them in this manner and they are desperate to keep it working for them. People should find different routes or figure out which time of the year to not go there etc.
@@Galivelol
What??? WTF? Your question is insulting. I respect and love Orcas. My comment was about the possibility of an Orca or some Orcas being injured by boats and therefore treating the boats as enemies. How was that compared to terrorists?
Terrorists kill to strike terror into peoples' minds. They kill randomly to relieve their hatreds.
They're thinking maybe in that stretch that the Orcas sleep on top of water & while sleeping possibly got hit, hurting/killing one/some.. kinda would make sense.
Impressive! I love your comments , they are wise and intelligent. Trying to understand why these beautiful predators would suddenly decide to act that way...
@Jessica herring ?????
@Jessica herring time stamp?
Okay, I'm guessing someone in a yacht around Spain, around 2020 or so, rammed an orca and killed it - they're targeting very specific types of boats and these are not dumb animals.
They are smart but they are not humans and don’t have human emotions. Projecting human emotions on to any (other) animal is misguided. This is fad behaviour and they will find something else to play with in the future.
Such a interesting video, love your calming voice which I'm sure helped your crew through this adventure.
I believe, the Orcas are "thinking " you are a small blue fin Tuna boat. The engine sound replicates the sound of the hook winch. There are plenty on contacts in Gibraltar region on CZcams.
Seems to be happening a lot ,quite frightening
Here`s a possible way to distract them, throw a couple of footballs over the side and see if that distracts them. They love to play. My advice is to buy 3 or 4 footballs if you`re going along the coast of Gibraltar.
Not more plastic.. i would try cardboard boxes the waxy kind .. better still put some macrel inside to distract them then motor on ..
The Portuguese conservation authorities recon some of those orca were deliberately injured by sports fishermen because the orca were out for their fish 🐟🎏
Trouble is they are like elephants very intelligent, long lived and pods are controlled by Matriarch's.. they teach their cultures to the young.. so dont think they will be forgetting anytime soon.
It needs a distraction strategy and possibly some underwater measures ..sounds and possibly 👁️👁️markings on the rear undersides.. masks on the back of the head have proven enough to deter tiger attacks..
If eyes dont work try orca markings on the hull or just disruptive patterns ...it works with sharks.
As for sounds ever seen an elephant react to a digeridoo or classical piano.. someone needs to do some constructive none harmful experimental research. 🤞🏻🌊🐳
So, you’re ok with the ”plasticifation” of the oceans. This ”tip” proves that people think too little….
Apex Predator: highly intelligent.
Highly competitive.
Highly aggressive towards prey or competing species
Blue Tuna are a major food source for these orcas.
Humans have been over-harvesting.
Maybe, pure conjecture here: maybe, they are perceiving humans and their boats as competitors for their food source??
Almost seems like they are experimenting, ( or carrying out ) some tactics for disabling their competitors?
Seems like what they are doing is part analysis, part agression and part tactical.
Probably just my over-active imagination. But this is all very interesting.
Great info. So I'm trying to get some understanding off the problem so we can adress the issue... no more tuna or other game for them in the area... I see tail slaping around min 2:50 and bubble making somewhere around 5:40, both known hunting techniques for other porpoises... and somewhere I read some Orcas (hate "killer whale" name) hunt bigger whales (ripping their fins would sure be a great way to disable such a big prey)... and I'll keep up looking for more info so we can find a solution that benefits all afected species.
I also see both sides of boat flanked by them wich would also be a great way to contain a bigger pray. I think this beautifull animals are hungry to the point of being famished and are desperate...
Sorry, I didn't mean to make a conclusion but just state a hypothesis...
Orca is usually translated from latin as Greek God of the Underworld.
They’re not stupid! You’re insulting their intelligence saying they don’t know the difference between a whale and a boat
They grab on to sharks fins and rip the shark in half exposing the liver. Huge sharks with big fins not unlike a rudder. Thing is i think they're smart enough to know exactly what they're doing, i think they intentionally disable the boats without causing fatal damage to them. they know how to get floating mammals in the water when they want to and they're easily capable of sinking these boats but instead they cause a restrained amount of damage. i think it shows just how intelligent they are especially if they really are showing restraint.
Great commentary. Beautiful creatures, and it is their home. Scary to be on that boat though.
Thank you for sharing this. Orcas are super smart and definitely are blaming boats for many of their issues, rightfully so. May humans learn to respect all creatures large and small because it's a small world and we should live in it with harmony and love. Once we understand Cause and Effect, perhaps then we can correct our behaviors. Love to all
Smart Orca studying boat, while eyeing the humans. They Identify the rudder as a key ‘fin’ that can disable the boat. Like Grizzly bear. Orca, are also named “whale-killers”, and not without cause. They are huge wild predators. So whether playing or hunting during these encounters. It is moot. Either way it is life-threatening behavior to the humans onboard the boat if they disable the rudder at sea. I wonder if an underwater speaker could be lowered into the water for emitting painful sounds that would stop this behavior without physically harming the “whale-killer” (Orca).
I watched some Rudder Orca Attack.
I have a hard time putting that on food or bad behaviour. Those animals may experience a sound problem that we don’t know of. If boat and wave scientists could check (and they surely did) if a rudder make an annoying sound for Orcas, it could explain part of the problem. A special rudder with a different shape could make a difference, I don’t know.
Have to laugh at the lets have tea LOL but it is best to be calm. However hard when 20 orcas are proving they can break a hole in your boat no problem. That’s scary as all. One boat said they stayed inside when the attack happened because they are told not to interact. And the orcas kept trying to look at them in the windows and also would swim next to the boat and use their blow holes to get attention. He said after the fact he felt they wanted the humans to interact with them. And felt they just seemed to want to move the boat around. They don’t seem to want to kill the humans just scare them to death. Because if they wanted they could sink the boat easily. They also haven’t tried to rip humans off the boats and they can do that easily too just by banging it hard enough to knock them. They could wreck a boat if they really wanted to. And if hungry eat the humans. But they don’t want that. So it could be they don’t want people fishing and they want to give a good scare. They haven’t sunk any boats so far. One small one did get a hole but the orcas left they got rescued. So not sure they meant to harm but probably wanted to bump the boat around. There is video of one taking a boat that was anchored and moving all over playing with it. Eventually lost interest and it was recovered. So who knows at this point what they want. But hopefully they keep not harming humans. Because if they decide we taste good and fill them up more than fish well then humans are screwed. I rather they just play with the boats and strand us for the coast guard to rescue- then have them sink to have a meal. Still very scary and I would probably have a heart attack you guys handled this so well.
Really like the way you narrated that and the info you gave on their behaviour and why you think that might be. When they returned, was it after you'd already turned the engine off and stopped sailing?
Thank you. The sails and engine were off before they left for the first time. We kept them off afterwards. They still returned.
@@martinevans75 if you fuck with those Orcas I'm going to blow the fuckin planet up .
@@Odin33356 if you blow the planet up. You’ll fuck everything up.
@@martinevans75 there will be a reprecusion for the home of the Jesus killers and the Colorado River dams beyond the fissures in Arizona without a doubt. I promise you all. I'm highly vibrational so if you cant hear me now you can feel me later.
@@martinevans75 technically speaking if I blow the planet up I will really put life on Mars.
There has to ba a fairly easy way to send an electric current into the water uncomfortable enough to get them away…. Another option is an underwater firecracker (tiny depth charge) that would create a scary sound.
He said it was a Orca-strated attack..
Orcas attack the tails of large mammals like whales. Once they disable their prey they join as a group in feasting. Perhaps that is why they go after the rudder.
We, humans, took their fish and food from the ocean AND killed most of their relatives, is it really too much of a surprise in case they're coming up a bit hungry and perhaps a bit angry?
*N O T* "kick flipped to jeezus". A literal NIGHTMARE 😱
Possibly the Orcas had a member of their pod killed or injured by a boat. They very intelligent and have memories.
"Kick-flipped to Jesus" - nice one!
Loved the commentary 😊well they are an intelligent mammal, probably why they where doing what they did, getting there own bk on humans steeling there fish 🐟
Been another incident with a yacht being sunk. The Grazie Mamma was making her way through the straits when she sustained a 45 minute orca assault. The crew of 5 were rescued by a nearby boat but the yacht went down.
So glad you all were okay. What an ominous decision possibly having to scare the orca's away. Good point about boats taking their food. And were they smart enough to understand the function of the rudder? Or was it just within their grasp....
Orcas are intelligent like humans
One request, one musing, one comment.
* Request: will you please enable closed captioning for those of us who don't hear so well? There are parts of the video, especially at the end, that I simply cannot hear at all and I'm very curious to know what else you had to say about this whole experience.
* Musing: is this pod known for doing anything similar to other vessels?
* Comment: I would love to know what any cetacean experts think of this interaction, and maybe it's time to start running a GoPro or two below the waterline.
Aside, as a recent transplant to the Puget Sound region (Tacoma) and having quite recently purchased a boat for use in the sound, this video has definitely got my attention! Now, where did I put the Transderm Scopalamine?
There's been nearly 60 reported incidents from what they believe to be the same 3 orcas in majority of them
I really loved your video so true were the visitors its the orcas home not ours 😊
Kicked flipped to Jesus got me 😂😂😂
The female with the distinct grey marking near the dorsal fin is a "star" orca "attacker" in other YT videos! They are young individuals 😉 and seem to be taking advantage of many small sailing boats to train "get the prey"
This is exactly my thought mom giving training
An oar and a knife can easily be made into a harpoon
@@norml.hugh-mann illegal to hurt them plus somebody doing something like that may be the cause of this in the first place.
You could take a pipe, put one end into the water and at the other end blow an Air Horn into the pipe, the sound would go down the pipe and frighten them away..
I guess the sailors aren't having a whale of a time
I know for a fact why they do that in the Estrecho de Gibraltar, but I'm not legally allowed to speak about it. You can find it yourself if you peruse the public reports of the Guardia Civil that work in those waters daily. But a word of warning, though those documents are public, their content can damage the sensibility of people not used to "gore".
You also need to know what the orcas do in Canary Islands' waters, and it is not pretty either, but they do that to survive, like sharks and any other opportunistic carnivore, eating everything, be it finned or biped...
Do they feed on migrants?
There is no record of a orca eating a human or even harming a human in open waters only at places like Sea World.
@@froey198033 because they eat the evidence
those killer whales do a better job than border force for sure
I’m trying to find it but can’t. Could you please link me the information? Or email me it? Would greatly appreciate it
A reason why every yacht should be allowed to have a shotgun on-board or figure out a better way to scare them off, such as cherry bombs. At least until scientist can explain why and how to stop it.
I really feel they are attempting to control their environment. Boats can be their friend and also their enemy.
Hope your email back to England was a lot less exciting.
Thanks for a well made rendition of your experience.
I might think they are not willing to cause damage or angry, could it be they are so young !!! Are they maybe having some kind of playing activity with the boat?
Supposedly all started from one whale that has taught other orcas about boats and they seem to be trying to learn how to eliminate the boats
Your right we ( Man ) have destroyed the ocean. Thanks for the video and glad your all safe.
Sooo. What is causing these Orca's too for no reason start disabling these vessels? Maybe it's a certain frequency from certain electronics on those vessel's.
I would be thinking about leaks through the shaft tube or rudder gear.
Just a matter of time before they're able to sink one of these smaller sail boats. If you're sailing around Gibraltar, make sure you've got good bilge pumps.
Very clever mammals, they target boats to disable them as they associate them with fishing vessels.
They associate man with scraps. And reeled in easy meals.
Two questions.... Firstly what yacht were you delivering? Was it an Oyster by any chance? Secondly do you recall what colour the anti-foul was? It looks blue on the clip. There is recent discussion about black anti-foul making the yacht look like an upturne
Hi. It was a Halberg Raasey 49 and the anti foul was light blue
I love you dont blame them, but understand its their ocean ..
Killer Whale comes from "whale killer" which is what they called them when they would see them killing whales. They aren't whales, but the largest species of cetacean common with dolphins.
I think they do it because at some stage a boat of ship has killed one of their family members and so now they see a boat and seek to attack that which killed their loved one.
M-80's with a weight. Not my idea of "playing".
Orcas? Full power astern. They’ll think twice about biting the rudder with a ruddy great propeller up their nose.
Hmmmmmm,I think the Orca's were using the rudder as a scratching post. A bite from a 2000 lb Apex predator would have torn the rudder completely off. The ships wheel moving back and forth would be the result of them rubbing up against it.They were also Surfing off the wake your boat created.
Play a recording of a large pod of Pilot whales, that scares the Orca away.
Saw a good suggestion on YT, chuck a hydrophone overboard, play some Rap music full volume, they would last about 5 minutes listening to that crap then bugger off and leave you alone.
I don’t believe in animal cruelty.
This is the second video I've watched today about orca's damaging sailboats around Gibraltar. The other vessel also had rudder damage. During the other video, their radio picked up a call about an 8m boat that had been capsized by orcas (if I understood the video correctly. What's going on in Gibraltar that's causing this behavior?
When they do this it is because they think it’s a large whale they could consume
@@markolivares6943 they’re not that stupid. Ffs don’t you know anything about orcas??
@@jessicaj8564 I do actually. Do you? Orcas can take down a blue whale if they feel they can. Most of the time when they gather and start tapping boats is because they think it’s a larger prey they can take down.
@@markolivares6943 no it’s not! You seriously don’t think they can tell the difference 😂😂
I wonder if these orca are rubbing against the rudder stock due to the disturbed water flow? In the same way that cattle rub against fence posts.
A good bet much of this behaviour is due to the Commercial Fishing in the area which has stripped the oceans of large fish. These Orca are highly intelligent and another indication any easy to attack vessel will be taken out as these hunters seek the frail and weak. Not much they can do to commercial ships- Only humans can do that- don't eat fish and/or limit the catches and fishing fleets. Time we gave back but it may be too late.
Agree
I have given this top too many, but doesn't seem like anyone have tried it!
I Japan fishermen stick a metal pole in the water and hit it constantly with a hammer, the sound drives them into a cove(where they do horrible things to all the dolphins water world's don't buy, it's a hard documentary to watch "the cove" but it's a must to see)
Anyway, if anyone try this let me know!!!
it's not play or revenge....it's trauma and pain. The boat engines are VERY loud to the orcas sonar system and hearing.....like a human standing behind a jet liner. The pain to their ears and sonar causes them to attack.
Ok David Attenborough
Kickflipped to Jesus lmfaoooooo
Wow amazing and terrifying at the same time
At 07:00 the missing piece looks like it's been cut with a jigsaw. Clean cut with an almost perfect 90 degree angle. Had this part been damaged and repaired previous to the whale attack?
@Jessica herring Of course there is orcas and of course they bitten it off. Just wondering whether this part had been damaged BEFORE the attack, which might have made it easier for them.
shoot a flare into the water to scare them away
Its not their ocean they just swim around in it.
Why not drop a distress flare in the water or stick in down taped to a boat pole? After all, It's not every day an Orca sees fire underwater.
Hello! My name is Andrew, I’m a producer with Discovery Channel, I’d love to discuss the possibility of licensing your footage for an upcoming special on Orca and boat interaction. Is there an email address I could use to contact you for further discussion? Thank you so much!
Yes, of course. Martinevans75 @ gmail. com
Its obvious Someone has shown that pod of killer whales the BLACKFISH documentary and they are pissed
So tragically funny😬
I'm impressed..
@@kristyhoward6897
Thank you😏
Crazy !!!
Is it possible some boats have recently been feeding orcas? Even if it's any type of food that could create this type of behavior.
So is it the same pod that is responsible for all these de-ruddering videos in my you tube stream?
is your 31 footer a Muira?
Yes it is.
I bloody hate killer whales. They bugger everything up and then creep off with that grin on their bloody boat race.....
I realy wonder what would happen if somebody would jump in the water ... I understand that nobody does it ... but it would be interesting since there is not one documented attack by an orca un a Human in the Wild
The actually sank one and I think it was scintist out to investigate them
This is why I'd want a steel or aluminum boat & rudder
if they were determined enough that would not save you but i'd rather be in that than an old rickety peace of wood lol.
All sail boats are now to be fitted with harpoon guns.
The moonbat comments in here are ridiculous.
Fishing boats throw scraps over. And reel in tuna.
Since they aren't getting a treat they are lashing out.
It's the same thing poorly raised dogs do.
Seems everyone in this boat uploaded their own video on youtube.
That's like out of a scary movie. Very unnatural behaviour for Orcas. I don't think they understand the connection fish and humans, but maybe she was hurt by a boat and this is revenge, that would make sense. Im not sure. Very odd and very fascinating.
Steel rudder, would that be an option as this seems to be happening a lot.
The killer whales act like a street gang in a bad neighborhood.
If you cross their path, they’re going to show you that it’s their turf.
It’s very simple…. ()-\_______/ sorry I can’t draw the hull of a sail boat here ur the example above is enough. The rudder looks like a large tuna’s tail. The color of most bottom pain any the boat being under sail still make the similar sound and shape and vibration of a swimming fish… 1 + 1 equals 2
Great job it was a skeg mounted rudder.
Maybe it's time to replace fiberglass rudders with stainless steel ones..
😁
Doesn’t make a difference. Even if they cant destroy the rudder, the pintels and connections to the boat cannot be made any stronger than they are currently..the boats that have been sunk and indeed the ones damaged have taken strain at various load bearing parts of the rudders connection points…there is always a critical weakness somewhere. They are just too strong. They will break whatever they choose to play with.
Lots of females, I didn't see any males, were there any? Was anyone able to identify the individuals?
Keep something to protect yourself. It could have been worse.