More encounters with Orcas...

[bluerm166]

I suggest it's resonance in the rudder which they target .

 

[Goldie]

I shall be passing through the area very soon and am tempted to trail my Aquair towed generator - in fact I’d probably be towing it anyway. Decoy maybe, or just attract them? I wonder…

 

[graham]

I read a book years ago about a couple in the Pacific in wooden yacht who were sunk by Orcas.

It happened in the 60s or 70s from memory .They spent months in a liferaft being bumped by sharks and survived on fish and turtles .

Eventually they were rescued by a coastguard vessel (purely by luck)from one of the South American countries.

 

[25931]

Would be interesting to read. Have you any idea who first used the misnomer " killer whale" ?

 

[rjandhl]

I read a book years ago about a couple in the Pacific in wooden yacht who were sunk by Orcas.

It happened in the 60s or 70s from memory .They spent months in a liferaft being bumped by sharks and survived on fish and turtles .

Eventually they were rescued by a coastguard vessel (purely by luck)from one of the South American countries.

I think that the book you are referring to is "Survive the Savage Seas" by Dougal Robertson.

 

[graham]

I think that the book you are referring to is "Survive the Savage Seas" by Dougal Robertson.

I just googled on Robertson sinking,it's in the same part of the pacific similar time but he had his family including children in the raft.

The one I read was an American with a French wife and no children on the boat.In the book it revealed that before agreeing to accompany him on the voyage his wife insisted he buy a new liferaft against his wishes !

PS just googled ,it was Adrift for 66 days by Wiliam Butler

 

[Metabarca]

Killer whales rarely venture into forests, what you saw was was more likely a panda or a badger, same colours so easy mistake to make.

Hoho

 

[Metabarca]

So we need to cull them fast. 18 months in and nobody will take the decision.

That attitude perfectly exemplifies why we are in such s*t with regard to our stewardship of the planet. 'Need' forsooth! We 'need' to protect the ecosystem; we do not 'need ' to make it very marginally safer for a few leisure boaters to tootle down south by kilingl a pod of whales.

 

[Iliade]

How about a maritime version of the mosquito teenager repellent? Perhaps blasting out Julio Iglesias at great volume through underwater speakers might do the trick... You'd want a pretty good orca detector system though because you wouldn't want to have to listen to that all of the time! ?

 

[RupertW]

That attitude perfectly exemplifies why we are in such s*t with regard to our stewardship of the planet. 'Need' forsooth! We 'need' to protect the ecosystem; we do not 'need ' to make it very marginally safer for a few leisure boaters to tootle down south by kilingl a pod of whales.

The ecosystem will not be affected one bit by the culling of one pod whose rogue behaviour is causing.damage and risk.

Again - if you have a better solution let’s hear it.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

How about a maritime version of the mosquito teenager repellent? Perhaps blasting out Julio Iglesias at great volume through underwater speakers might do the trick... You'd want a pretty good orca detector system though because you wouldn't want to have to listen to that all of the time! ?

Miles Davis scared off dolphins when I put him on a few years ago. This would be my first action if I encounter Orca.

 

[25931]

The ecosystem will not be affected one bit by the culling of one pod whose rogue behaviour is causing.damage and risk.

Again - if you have a better solution let’s hear it.

I can hardly think of a worse idea. It is just not practical regardless of any other considerations. I have had some experience of rifle shooting but only from a stable position on land and the idea of using a rifle on the deck of a yacht appals me. The chances of a kill with one shot are slim and I do not whish to consider the consequences of having a really hostile pod of large, intelligent dolphins roaming the oceans.

 

[RupertW]

I can hardly think of a worse idea. It is just not practical regardless of any other considerations. I have had some experience of rifle shooting but only from a stable position on land and the idea of using a rifle on the deck of a yacht appals me. The chances of a kill with one shot are slim and I do not whish to consider the consequences of having a really hostile pod of large, intelligent dolphins roaming the oceans.

It doesn’t have to be a rifle - I’m sure there are more effective solutions.

 

[awol]

It doesn’t have to be a rifle - I’m sure there are more effective solutions.

Is this how the US Navy dealt with the problem ? ......

 

[25931]

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It doesn’t have to be a rifle - I’m sure there are more effective solutions.

You suggested a rifle.

 

[RupertW]

You suggested a rifle.

I know - so genuinely thank you for educating me on needing a more powerful solution. Plenty available for bigger fish than orcas.

 

[graham]

As there have been documented incidence of orcas attacking boats In different oceans in different decades its clearly not just one rogue pod of orcas .

Maybe steel clad rudders would help discourage them.

 

[25931]

As there have been documented incidence of orcas attacking boats In different oceans in different decades its clearly not just one rogue pod of orcas .

Maybe steel clad rudders would help discourage them.

Understanding why would be useful.

 

[newtothis]

That attitude perfectly exemplifies why we are in such s*t with regard to our stewardship of the planet. 'Need' forsooth! We 'need' to protect the ecosystem; we do not 'need ' to make it very marginally safer for a few leisure boaters to tootle down south by kilingl a pod of whales.

Now do tigers in a primary school.

 

[RupertW]

As there have been documented incidence of orcas attacking boats In different oceans in different decades its clearly not just one rogue pod of orcas .

Except it is - there are no documented other examples of continuous attacks over many months in the same area. You may be able to correct me on this.