Fr J Hackett
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Slight problem they are under the surface of the water.
Orca attack
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Laser310
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they are mammals and breathe at the surface...
if you watch the videos, they are frequently at the surface while attacking boats - eyes and breathing holes are clearly visible and would be easy targets.,
Roberto
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Or a similar type of signal, AIS "Killer whale in rudder crunching mood".
This was a virtual AIS position sent by a shore station, with live animals they could just tag with a transmitter one of the more enthusiastic orcas
This was a virtual AIS position sent by a shore station, with live animals they could just tag with a transmitter one of the more enthusiastic orcas
Kukri
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RobbieW
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Just needs a high spring...
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The Japanese are still ready for the go signal.
We've been tied in knots by idealists same as on many other issues. No clear minded decisive leadership anymore
sailaboutvic
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i heard from a reliable source that painting any sort of Veg on the keel keep them away as there are not veg eaters .
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sailaboutvic
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There you go between us within in mins we sorted the problem the expert been trying to work out three years .Then the solution is obvious
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Soon all the chandleries will be selling "Yachting" labelled spud guns at fabulous markups and all will be well again in the sailing world
Wansworth
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A catapult with all bearings
Roberto
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Yesterday morning a Neel 43: the orcas arrive, crunch one rudder during about one hour, then seem to leave; the boat starts the engine to go away and many more orcas arrive and destroy all rudders, they keep on bumping into the hulls while it is being towed by the Salvamento rescue vessel.
Goldie
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Do you know where this happened please? Offshore? Close inshore? We are only a day’s sailing away from Barbate and heading that way!
Daydream believer
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Are you sure? I have seen films of them separating young whales from their mothers & killing them.
It has suddenly occured what those tapered bungs one buys from the chandlers are for. One waits for an Orca to surface & rams it in its blow hole (That is BLOW hole
) Which should hamper their breathing.Another ruse would be to fit end plates to the rudder. Bit like an F1 car. But in this case more like sharp spikes. So when they bite the rudder they get a spike in the gob. Make holes in their tongue. Should hurt them enough for them to back off. May not work, but piss them off a bit
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Assuming it's the same boat then a French vessel was attacked 8 miles SW of Barbate yesterday. If you plan on arriving from Cadiz then I have been assured by several people that passage inshore of the fishing nets off Zahara is possible. I passed outside of them last week as my chart showed a least depth of 2.5m inshore, in fact it is 4m. Still risky in any sort of swell but do-able in settled conditions. The offshore route around the nets takes you into uncomfortably deep water. Sailing between Gib and Barbate is reminiscent of an ant trail with boats clinging to the shallows.
Roberto
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It's a sailing boat from a company named Saileazy.
I have just found this, yes just off Barbate.
They write while under tow the animals tried to sink/bite the tow rope, and kept on banging against the hulls.
It goes beyond me how can people film, plus with a drone, during such an event.
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The sad fact is that the video will generate far more revenue than the damage to the boat will cost. And it's not their boat and they have a lifeboat on hand.
sailaboutvic
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Best of luck , we don’t want to hear that you been kissed ,
If I was you I wait for good weather and take shallow water route the shallower the better and be ready to go in a stern if your unlucky to see them .
Goldie
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Thanks all and yes, we’ll be staying as shallow as possible. Particularly useful info about the nets off Zahara and being able to pass inside. Plan is to cross VRSA to Rota and then stay as far inshore as possible and either go through in one trip to Gib’/Alcadeisa or maybe anchor off Barbate beach for the night. We shall be taking the inshore passage around Trafalgar too. We have the luxury of no deadlines so we’ll be waiting for good conditions. At the moment, we’re in no hurry to leave Portugal!
Roberto
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Best luck!
In particular, the last few cases all mention a first pod of animals, with a second one at a later/different time. They are probably hovering around different spots in the area and then possibly converge by inter-pod sound signals.
I think the risk of passing in deep water and meeting one group or the others is very very high at the moment.