[suqmadiq2ama]

#zeglarstwo #gibraltar

Taka ciekawostka:

Info for sailors in the western med.
" Straits of Gibraltar - Potential Danger

I am a professional delivery skipper.

In the past 2 weeks there have been 5 attacks by Orcas on sailing yachts up
to 45 feet in the Gib and SWMed areas.

I was skipper of one of the boats attacked. All suffered damage to rudders
and steering gear .3had to be towed into port.

My boat was attacked for 45 mins in a position 15 nm 280 degrees from Tarifa.
We were 6 miles offshore heading east under power, it being flat calm with
mod visibility

Having been up during the night I was called on deck when the helmsman felt
the wheel go hard over of its own accord. Initial thought was a fishing pot.
I had the engine put to neutral then we saw a pod of 4 orcas was ramming our
rudder. 2 of them got red antifouling paint on their foreheads from impact
with our yacht.

Tarifa suggested trying to motor away from the orcas so we re-engaged the
engine. The force of their ramming underway nearly dislocated the helmsman s
shoulder and spun the whole yacht through 120 degrees in a few seconds

I therefore shut down the engine and the echosounder. After about 15 minutes
the orcas left and when they were clear we continued to Gibraltar (La Linea).
The damage to our steering was sufficient to require a liftout to fix and
abandonment of the delivery.

The other boats involved lost all or part of their rudders.

I have been in touch with Orca Research bodies and can find no reason for or
defense against these attacks

I have video of the attacks on my boat and photos of the damage on others.

Please promulgate this and make sure that as many as possible are aware of
this danger in the Straits of Gib and approaches."

[sailor_73]

@suqmadiq2ama: jak przerzucaliśmy łódź z Dublina na Gibraltar mieliśmy spotkanie ze stadem orek na Biskajach , ale polowały na małego wieloryba i ten chował się za nasz kadłub , 21 metrów stalowy :) więc trzymały się 2 kable za nami

[suqmadiq2ama]

@sailor_73: w małej łódce pewnie idzie sie obsrać

[sailor_73]

@suqmadiq2ama: w dużej też:) jak widzisz za rufą fontanny wyrzucane w powietrze to zastanawiasz się co zrobisz jak ci takie cielsko wskoczy na pokład