Orcas, Portugal and Unexpected Inspections

[Mistroma]

Just saw on the Facebook site a Welt tv report on a German boat that had the skeg torn off and rudder mangled.

The owner showed the imprints of the Orcas on the hull and keel where they had been ramming him.

I saw one a few months ago and they did seem to be hitting the keel and hull as well as damage to skeg and rudder (around 67 seconds into the video). Skeg damage was probably incidental and happened when the rudder shaft was bent.

It will be interesting to see if the new event was similar or if it is just another report of the same old incident.

 

[pandos]

I saw one a few months ago and they did seem to be hitting the keel and hull as well as damage to skeg and rudder (around 67 seconds into the video). Skeg damage was probably incidental and happened when the rudder shaft was bent.

It will be interesting to see if the new event was similar or if it is just another report of the same old incident.

That is the boat I saw...I seem not go be able to post YouTube's...I did in the past ..maybe senility ...

 

[Mistroma]

That is the boat I saw...I seem not go be able to post YouTube's...I did in the past ..maybe senility ...

I wondered if it might have been the same report surfacing again. It was the only one where I remembered specific mention of hull and keel being hit plus skeg damage.

I had to search for it again and it was first reported in 28 Jul 2021.

 

[Graham376]

I remembered specific mention of hull and keel being hit plus skeg damage.

One of the earlier reports this year mentioned another nearby boat (IIRC smaller) had been capsized by orcas, presumably by hitting the keel. I suspect they may have been laid flat rather than full capsize.

 

[watercraft]

All very worrying, yachts have been attached and sunk by whale in the past. I remember reading about Lucette, a 43ft Schooner being sunk in1972 and the crew spending around 38 days in their life raft / tender almost dying.

Something has to be done, otherwise this will continue to increase and so the probability of fatalities. You can see in the initial video the infants were learning!

 

[LONG_KEELER]

You can see in the initial video the infants were learning!

That seems the best explanation so far. When dolphins are close, they tend to play near the bow of the boat . Doesn't seem to be the case with Orcas. I wonder if they go for the rudder because it has movement when pressure is applied by the whale , and perhaps simulates contact with imaginary prey..