capnsensible
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Was it a trunk call?He obviously wasn't whispering to the elephant in the room . . .
- W
Was it a trunk call?He obviously wasn't whispering to the elephant in the room . . .
- W
Only 10 months!This is the Liveaboard forum - are you lost? How long exactly did you live aboard last year?
I lived on my boat for ten months.
And how anyone with a Suncruiser can call a Morgan Giles 30 a 'plastic dustbin' is quite beyond me.
- W
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A link would be helpful.just watched a recent vid from " Sea life station " ( nice elderly recently renovated Woods catamaran , just crossed the Atlantic ) on their interaction with orcas near Gib ,, entirely different approach from the sensationalist stuff that halcyon aided by the daily mail puts out ,,, well worth a watch.
not just " style " of narration ,,, it is an entirely different take on the situation all together , no mention of trying to sink the boat or " eyeing them for dinner " etc .Orca 'played' with rudder, followed boat inshore into shallow water.
No different from the recent Halcyon incident in the same place, just a different style of narration.
- W
not just " style " of narration ,,, it is an entirely different take on the situation all together , no mention of trying to sink the boat or " eyeing them for dinner " etc .
no one is arguing the facts , it is the way that they are portrayed that i was referring to .The facts of what happened are exactly the same. The narrator specifically says she was scared does not want to ever experience it again.
I find it hard to see what your point is, except to belittle the problem secure in the knowledge that you are unlikely to ever experience it personally.
For many budget cruisers in the area, damaged rudders and the cost of a tow in could result in losing the boat. And it seems inevitable that it is only a matter of time until there is loss of life.
- W
i suspect that i had encountered whales before you were even born
it is so " scarey " that apparently they are doing orca watch tours out of Tarifa at E60 a pop
On YouTube orcas chewed rudders,managed to make it to port in Giralter apparently Spanish ban on yachts passing through the area,sorry no ref
Obviously it you who is suffering from the over active imagination , your post is from your realm of fantasyIf you had bothered researching the matter before posting you would know that the threat seems to be largely confined to sailing boats under 15m - which is reflected in the current Spanish exclusion zone rules. The boats operating these whale watching tours are very much bigger than this, and are not sailing boats.
However, you are obviously convinced that you are right and that sailors on the Iberian coast are a bunch of pathetic wimps making up sensationalist stories, a collection of fantasists with over-active imaginations who should in any case be grateful to sacrifice their rudders and perhaps their dreams to these 'magnificent creatures'
Why you are determined to make light of the issue is a bit of a mystery, but no doubt now you have the bit between your teeth as the orca's champion you will never drop it.
- W
Aparently this interaction , or what the sensationalists call attacks , took place 1 .5 miles off shore ,Map of exclusion area, which is between Cape St Vincent and Barbate; the site of a very large tuna net.
Orca attack map (Portugal/Spain/Gib)
Aparently this interaction , or what the sensationalists call attacks , took place 1 .5 miles off shore ,
perhaps you have been out in the sun for too long or just have difficulty keeping up ,,, please see post #156 " this interaction " .I hope you don't stray too far in your boat if you are unable to plot positions better than that, see #1 and other reports, Only 1.5 from coast is nonsense.
i think perhaps that you are the only one having a mystery , as i never have made light of the situation , i merely drew to attention the different " takes " on the situation before you started your rant and assumptions about someone that you know nothing about .If you had bothered researching the matter before posting you would know that the threat seems to be largely confined to sailing boats under 15m - which is reflected in the current Spanish exclusion zone rules. The boats operating these whale watching tours are very much bigger than this, and are not sailing boats.
However, you are obviously convinced that you are right and that sailors on the Iberian coast are a bunch of pathetic wimps making up sensationalist stories, a collection of fantasists with over-active imaginations who should in any case be grateful to sacrifice their rudders and perhaps their dreams to these 'magnificent creatures'
Why you are determined to make light of the issue is a bit of a mystery, but no doubt now you have the bit between your teeth as the orca's champion you will never drop it.
- W
... before you started your rant and assumptions about someone that you know nothing about .
it is so " scarey " that apparently they are doing orca watch tours out of Tarifa at E60 a pop