sculpin
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So Steve / Panope is going to have to add "killer whale drag resistance" to his anchor testing???
Those pesky Orca's are back, and they seem to be learning...
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ProaSailor
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"On May 8, 2023, I witnessed a large pod of orcas during a predation event here on the Oregon Coast. The footage of the group of killer whales attacking a mother gray whale and its calf is intense, so please be advised."
Wavedancer
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Having just come down to Gibraltar from A Carunja I found www.orcas.pt an invaluable source of info. They operate 4 Telegram channels as well, one of which provides location info on the troublesome clan in the Barbate, Tarifa & Tangiers triangle. The suggestion is hug the coast (inside 20m depth) and run when spotting Orcas (counter to other advise). Scientific research underway re cause, deterent etc but nothing conclusive yet.
The semi-permanent tuna nets compound the challenge as some stretch a few miles out from shore, some have lines to shore.
The semi-permanent tuna nets compound the challenge as some stretch a few miles out from shore, some have lines to shore.
ProaSailor
dreaming my life away...
"Mar 25, 2023
While sailing on a Catamaran, Lagoon 450 into the Strait of Gibraltar we were attacked by orcas. "
How long will it be before "Shoot To Kill when all else fails" is added to those instructions? Same as we do for killer bears and wolves.
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MauiPunter
Will sail for food
Time to start sailing with harpoons.
Rasputin22
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An old schoolmate of mine in San Diego
Jud - s/v Sputnik
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mckenzie.keith
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That is wild. Did you see the documentary Blackfish?
PaulK
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Latest suggestion - from England- is to carry sand to cast into the water to disrupt their echolocation. 2-4 kg carried on board is supposed to be sufficient. No word on whether this is actually effective, but it wouldn't seem to call for Queequeg's aiming skills.
ProaSailor
dreaming my life away...
Passively accepting these attacks is not working as a deterrent. They must be stopped!
Thursday, May 24, 2023, of Spain:
Thursday, May 24, 2023, of Spain:
El Borracho
Bar Keepers Friend
Casting a bit of sand seems pointless. Echolocation is not needed for chewing on a rudder — as if a handful of sand would have any effect on sonar anyway. Fishermen use small explosives for deterring marine mammals. Seems better in theory. Might be illegal to possess.
Carry a hull-size piece of gnarly fishing net to toss over the bow and under the boat. Untangle it later…before drifting onto the rocks???
Carry a hull-size piece of gnarly fishing net to toss over the bow and under the boat. Untangle it later…before drifting onto the rocks???
Jud - s/v Sputnik
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Maybe it’s high time to revive the lost art of casting storm oil? If it’s animal based oil, it’ll work like a decoy, the scent of the rancid oil drawing the hungry orcas to it…
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ProaSailor
dreaming my life away...
High voltage darts? Either thrown or on the end of a pole... 
I thought so too, along the same lines as the 'just dump your holding tank' comments - but have been following along somewhat on various reports / interaction databases, etc on this 'topic' and I've seen at least a couple instances reported where dumping sand or silt did in fact result in the whales moving along with little to no contact or damage. Whether that's just chance or there is some merit to it still hard to say.
Speculation obviously but I suppose (perhaps) where orcas experience silty water naturally, surf/breaking waves type areas.. could historically/evolutionarily be a sign of danger, difficult navigation, caution etc, and when (perhaps) the orcas experience this it overrides their play/attack boats "game", who knows?
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PaulK
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Net might impede them, or be something else to play with. Sand might be worth a try. Whales' eyes make it difficult for them to see forward, so echolocation would seem to be handy for them to make sure where they're going. Aluminum boat going from Scotland to Norway in North Sea was attacked by an Orca earlier this week: https://globalnews.ca/news/9789247/orca-attack-yacht-scotland-north-sea/
dylan winter
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now hitting a small boat in Shetland
Fek - they will be coming up the Deben next
globalnews.ca
Fek - they will be coming up the Deben next
Orca attacks yacht near Scotland, 1st such incident in northern waters - National | Globalnews.ca
The news of an orca attacking a boat in the North Sea comes amid an uptick of orca attacks against vessels off the Iberian peninsula that has earned international headlines.
globalnews.ca
Jim in Halifax
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I assume you still have the little Tohatsu eggbeater on the back of your Fisher? Just put that down, start it up, and you'll be right Dylan!now hitting a small boat in Shetland
Fek - they will be coming up the Deben next
Orca attacks yacht near Scotland, 1st such incident in northern waters - National | Globalnews.ca
The news of an orca attacking a boat in the North Sea comes amid an uptick of orca attacks against vessels off the Iberian peninsula that has earned international headlines.
dylan winter
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a shitty oil spewing seaagull might be better - and yes I still have the egg whisk on the stern - 30 year old volvos are not the most reliable lumps in the world and the tohatsu starts second pull every time
Gonna paint the boat back to the emerald green it once was and rename it from Bonsu(whale in Swahili and the name of an african dictator} to Jennie Lee
it is the name of a 12 foot dinghy I bought from a Bristol blue stocking. It is a pretty name and aligns with my leftist proclivities
