ORCA ENCOUNTER AT GIBRALTAR FOR TEAM JAJO | The Ocean Race
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- Language alert - there is some swearing in this video.
On their approach to Gibraltar this afternoon, Team JAJO encountered a pod of orcas which led to a scary moment on board the VO65! Thankfully, the marine mammals, the crew and the boat are unharmed. The Dutch boat skippered by Jelmer van Beek is now back on its way to Genova.
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NewAtlas reported about this on May27 and said these Orca were juvenile males. Food isn't scarce, so they have time for culture & fun! Just like the boat crew! Glad everyone stayed calm & safe❤
Have you ever paused to think about the world from an Orca's perspective? The vast, unending blue, the close-knit family groups, the haunting calls echoing in the deep. It's a reminder of the multitude of diverse lives being lived in parallel to our own
This guy deserves an award for quick camerawork. Beautiful shots. Something that would not have been possible when I was young. Technology and quick thinking. Give that guy an award!!!!!!!
What was that knocking sound? Was that the camera ?
This is crazy, it's not an attack at all (as news sites around the world are claiming)....the rudder looks like a seal (large, dark, cylindrical in appearance) the orca bumps it to see if it's a seal or something else.....it realizes "oh that's not a seal" and swims away. Ridiculous for news sites to call this an attack. Cool video, footage is great, good luck and stay safe out there sailors.
NewAtlas website has a May27 story about this incident & says these Orca "attacks" are teenage males having fun. They aren't worried about food, so they have time for culture & trends! 🥰
Anyone else notice an Orca scratching it's head as opposed to attacking the boat?
Agree. Seems more like scratch movement than attack if you ask me.
I was gonna say the same thing looks like a rubbing post for them more than anything
Agreed, that was simply using the rudder as a scratching post. There was no “attack’
They’re not “scratching”. They are literally doing things on purpose to upset the boat. Go read the few other incidents in the past 2 weeks.
These animals obviously have the ability to communicate information to their young and others in their pods to create “trends”. This is a new trend just recently starting which involves orcas attacking the rudder points on boats.
Research is your friend.
This was obviously an attack and I’m sure multiple people died. My prayers and thoughts are with the families and friends of the deceased.
Looks like they want a nice cuddle and some scritches. 😆
Man is smart, the camera and the cameraman never die.
Bro seeing that orca just pop up out of the blue coming from the distance is a crazy ass sighting
@@yerrr4978 Cinematic masterpiece 🐋🐳
Ahh yes those wonderful humans and their traveling scratching posts! Seriously though, If they wanted to attack the rudder it would not still be attached...
These foils are a lot stronger then the day to day sailboats that orcas damage regularly
Thank you!! Finally common sense!!
Really I couldn't imagine being that big having that much body space and not having a back scratcher, no scratcher for an itch, you guys look like a perfectly good back scratcher to me scratcher beautiful camera work and im glad you're okay
This seems like propaganda to me… In my opinion, the orcas are trying to get us out of their waters and stop our pollution. They are smart and in tune with their environment. Scientists discovered that Earth's tilt has changed because of the amount of ground water pumped by humans. I really don’t think this is for scratches or to be playful. We will probably see a lot of other species following suit, the deeper we get into the climate crisis.
They are absolutely beautiful 🥹
OMG, the media is so over blowing this! ESPN says the orcas were "ramming into it and biting the rudders." All I see is a few curious whales gently scratching their heads 😂
NewAtlas website has May27 story about this encounter, but they explain it's not hostile. Just curious young males having fun. They're kids! Smart kids too 🥰
using the rudder as a back scratcher i reckon, glad yall got away with that one, holy jeez!!
Well, possibly.
The problem has really occurred when they’ve bitten large lumps of rudder off.
A vessel was sunk through the rudder stock tube being broken out of the hull a few weeks ago, not far from where this encounter happened.
It’s becoming a bit of a game of Russian Roulette to sail down the western seaboard of Spain now, several sailing vessels have taken pretty severe damage.
@@robm.4512 Yea it seems to be an ongoing thing, these mammals are smarter than we seem to think, they learn from issues that they have encountered with vessels. So crazy to think . My Dad came through Gilbralter after a trip through the locks in Europe in the 80s. Matter of fact I dont think Orcas were even around that area back then , weird. He sailed a southern cross over from ny.
@@uainteasyb Yeah, too right they’re smart, we always seem to underestimate the fact that they’re the apex group-predator of the sea, as we are in reality of the land.
Whenever I see this sort of footage it makes me wonder whether it’s either become a favourite game of “dare” for them, like kids goading each other to do something wicked, or whether some commercial fishermen had their rudder nudged and lobbed a load of by-catch to them, which gave them the idea that it might be a way of getting a free lunch? Did it a few times to the same boat and got rewarded….Then they’re habituated to doing it.
Don’t really know, I’m an engineer not an animal behaviourist so I’m probably just anthropomorphising their behaviour and it’s actually something completely different.
I did a few deliveries from the UK to various places in the Med in years gone by, before the problems began. If we saw a couple of Orcas it was just some excitement to break the monotony of an otherwise mundane passage and a challenge to try to photograph them.
They’re beautiful creatures though, effortlessly powerful in the way they swim and stunning to watch. 😎👍🍻
Dat, waar ik al bang voor was, gebeurt uitgerekend met het team Jajo. Petje af zoals jullie de rust hebben bewaard. Nu weer alle hens aan dek om de 2e plek weer in te nemen en op jacht te gaan naar die 1e plek. The race is on again. 💪😍
SPEAK AMERICAN ON AN AMERICAN SITE!
@@MatthewCaruso-ky4uz ??
I think it may be interesting to add to the database of yachts that have been affected by Orcas, the type of rudder / keel configuration (shape) as well as the colour of the antifouling? We know Orcas have fair eyesight and can distinguish between different colours, but their eyes don't find it easy to define blue and green? If so what shapes and colours, if any, appear to attract their most interest?
Wow, impressive footage, especially in those creepy circumstances - the OBR got some really pretty video of the orcas, also under water, filming while trying to protect your boat and yourselves cannot have been a relaxed affair! I'm really glad everyone is ok and that Jajo can sail on after this encounter.
He could have jumped off the boat and filmed the Orcas. First Rule of TH-cam - The Cameraman always survives.
Good to see that the crew was not violent to the orcas and vice versa 💙
They should have harpooned the lead whale to teach them a lesson. Nature is Metal after all.
@@outdoorloser4340 thats what i think also.
@@outdoorloser4340 ok so that’s the lesson you get from Nature is Metal?
@@outdoorloser4340 now that they know they can sink our boats, this will quickly be followed by the first human to be killed in the wild by an Orca.
Next up we have full blown orca war, seeing how we had a hard time in the Emu war against birds that cannot even fly.
I think we'll be better off leaving these apex predators to their business.
For me it looks more like they wonna play .... attacking would look likely different .....
Yup! They are very intelligent and if they wanted the boat destroyed the know how to do it
Orcas form habits people can merely speculate about.
One pod spent an entire summer swimming with dead salmon on the heads. The salmon hat trend did not last long, but as to why, only they know.
Those whacky students 😁
Great job filming this encounter! Something that everyone else seems to coincidentally not be able to do. This video proves that they're not "attacking" boats, just playing. The guy interviewed in the video seems like he doesn't have much experience with the ocean, it's not something that's scary
Any wildlife photographer dreams to get shots like this once in a lifetime. This is the biggest win for your team already!
It looks like just tested the floating boat and decided to leave, as they were not able to hunt it.
I'm glad everyone is safe and the Orcas aswell! they are heavily endangered and so beautiful animals, worth protecting them.
AGREE..❤❤❤❤
The IMOCAs are at a real advantage in that regard because of their lifting rudders
I'd say their only advantage is speed as they can potentially outpace them.
Lifting rudders generally mean more moving parts which means there's an extra point of weakness. Plus they have the foils to deal with
@@DrAsamuelonly in high winds. Orcas can move at 30 knots
Imocas will not outpace orcas. They also have foils that can easily be damaged. I'm just glad jajo got off light, and the others, scott free. Those orcas are a real nuisance, but they probably say the same about us.
@@DrAsamuelto be fair, the VO65s are not really all that much slower than the Imocas, it wasn't until this race that an Imoca managed to break the 24H record set by a VO65 a few years ago. The previous 24H Imoca record was well below the VO65 (sure, single handed vs crewed, but still).
And in light airs, the VO65s are at least as fast, if not faster. The VO65s only started 3 hours before the Imocas, and it's really just now that the Imocas caught up to the 5th placed VO65. Windwhisper is still about 100NM in front of the Imoca fleet
Jajo is. VO65, not an Imoca 60. Still scary for the crew, that's for sure
He was just scratching his head and want to be tickled 😆
I can't even imagine being around all that water and no land nearby and then on top of that being chased by orcas.
Nós aqui os caiaqueiros de saquarema vira e mexa encontramos com elas mas são dócil
That part lol 😂
Imagine that and then at night!
and now see this.... Mom's Shock as Killer Whales Interrupt Six-Year-Old Daughter's Waterskiing.... 😐 (no horrible event occurred)
Looks like they are scratching an itch. What can they make rudders out of that either they dont want to use, or that wont break when they use it?
Their super intelligent and inquisitive, it's their world, they absolutely own the ocean, just be thankful we're not on their menu, if we were you wouldn't be able to enter the water at all.
Well actually, they'd be extinct if we were on the meny, just like evry other animals that tried us.
We seriously fucked up as a species, we can't handle competition so we just remove it.
I believe it's their ocean and they'd really like us to understand and respect that fact.
What exactly do you mean by saying "it's their ocean"? Those boaters have every right to be out navigating in it. Why do you hate other people so much?
@@25dollarbill24 we left the ocean millions of years ago. It's their home not ours. Why do you hate nature so much?
Boah sind das coole Bilder 👌🏻aber ganz schön neugierig, diese "Kerle"
...oh mein Gott 🙈
Was für schöne Tiere! LG
Even Orcas get itchy sometimes , and they love the look of these million dollar floating scratch posts😅😅
Wow, so scary, the orca rolled over and showed its belly. And rubbed its head on the rudder.
Impressive footage, I'm not sure what the point of the tapping/banging is - it could easily mean come here as much as go away.... Good to see that your boat was okay. I'm not sure this is the same as the attacks that have been documented elsewhere, the orca didn't seem to be interested in doing much more than giving itself more than a rub on the rudder, didn't try to bite it or anything destructive. I suspect IMOCA rudders are rather stronger than the plastic boat rudders though so perhaps it had less effect (says more about production boat quality than anything else).
Humans have always underestimated the intelligence of other species.
Many thx for sharing!
We live on our catamaran and sail the mediterranean, but I am in no hurry to reach Gibraltar. 😱
Incredible!!! They could have easily ripped that boat up. Can't call this an attack.
"HEY, YOU KIDS! GET OFF MY LAWN!" -Whales
Closed captions can translate Orca. It said "thank you".
Those orcas were probably very disturbed because of those sounds they're creating on that boat or maybe the're trying to save them from a shark attack.
Excellent footage! Indeed they appear interested in the rudder, but with the boat stopped they were only curious. The hit came when you were moving. Seems like playing dead works pretty well. Unfortunately with the prevailing "save the whales at any price" public sentiment it's hard to come up with more reliable means for deterrence.
Sooo when is this attack going to happen?
Oh they are so cute, they are just playing!
How did they shot the above and underwater film ?
Probably a GoPro camera on a long selfie stick; they are waterproof at shallow depths.
Orca was just scratching its head!🤣👍🏻✌🏻
Wow scary and impressive at the same time. Good all are safe but sad to hear you have lost 2 places. Hope the footage can help beter understatement the behaviour and find a sollution for these encounters.
If somebody is searching for a solution, to stop eating fish is a big first step...
@@Philipp.H0210 If you have no idea, it's better to shut up....
@@Philipp.H0210 agree!!
@@Philipp.H0210 Because why? You're not seriously thinking that this mammal is a fish are you?
@mountainmover9159 Well, I guess you didn't get the point - orcas eat fish, and we all know they are mammals.
They probably thought that your boat was a dead killer whale and your rudder was its dorsal fin. Once they determined that it was not, they expressed no further interest in it. I'm not a professional, simply an observation.
Am I the only one who thinks they’re too smart for that?
Maybe a dead whale carcass. I have seen humans standing on dead whale carcasses to film sharks.
Interesting that Orca have figured out how to bring the attack humans an interesting response to the degradation of their home, the ocean.
Although the footage looked like the rudder was being used as a back scratching post!
Whata Maroon!
Most of the boats being attacked are slow moving liveaboards... what exactly do you think is going to happen when they finally land up causing a family to drown ?
This behaviour from the whales must be discouraged, now, before the sailors start defending themselves properly and the whales start getting injured or killed. Anybody thinking what the whales are is good or funny is lying about being a conservationist.
_"the degradation of their home, the ocean."_
LOL
Is that not a photograph of you riding a surfboard in the ocean, on your TH-cam avatar, you self-defeating hypocrite? 😆
_"the degradation of their home, the ocean."_
Why is it fine for you to ride a surfboard in the ocean, but it's not fine for other people to go boating in it, hypocrite?
@@alltimeislikethepresent en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_garbage_patch It is not just my surfboard or JAJO sailing by that might be pissing off the Sentient Orca.
First thought was that these guys wanted views on Tube so called the play an attack. lol ; Love the underwater filming and also didn't notice a keel; did appear to have two rudders Like to know the manufacturer. Appears that the Killer was interested in the crew tapping on the hull.
We certainly didn't call this an attack. And there most definitely is a keel but it happened to be out of shot.
To them they are touching a dorsal fin! The drumming on the hull is calling them👵🏼
Knowing they social and intelligent.
Maybe they have just invented orca sports?
The Orca that downs the most human crafts in a year wins the Orcalympics.
We are just witnessing their first worldwide competition.
I was asking for the Informationen a few days ago. I have been waiting for this to happen. I wonder if they go for the foils, too.
Yes! I posed the same question last week. I am glad nothing happened this time around
Impressive footage. .I've had the pleasure of filming them quite a few times. Thanks for respecting them and not attacking them. Hopefully they calm down soon
If they know what's good for them they will cease this behavior soon
🐳🐳"bro let's go boat tipping!" 🐋" Yeah bro it will be fun" 😂😂😂 looks like the whales have found their fun and games.
Great shots! Beautiful animals. Internet search after hearing about it going on for 4/5 years on shark week. Whether they are playing/attacking/bumping and juveniles with adults a pod ( or anything else that has been said) i came here to watch, enjoy, and joke. They are angry because one of their family members were stolen by humans ( seaworld) they are getting revenge. ( animal revenge movies 'orca' 'jaws') jokes aside. Thank you for the video. Great job on capturing. Quick thinking of doing so and being prepared. ❤
Orcas be like, "Just sayin' hi"!
What are those knocking sounds? Glad you’re all safe! ❤
Crew is jumping up and down on the boat to make noises that tell the orcas, not cool bro.
It worked.
@@samiirai yeah, it’s almost like they were inciting them.
@@christinajay8696 But really I don't think they were in any danger, scary sure.
But like these things are swimming tanks.
If Orcas ever wanted to kill humans on the water, humans on the water are going to die, there is no doubt about that as these things can take down whales that are much larger than themselves, a sailboat is no match to a pod of Orcas.
This was no attack, Orcas just fucking around.
I knew it! Once I saw them going backwards on the tracker....
Japan: Hold my Sapporo.
Pro tip, making tapping, banging noises only attracts them not scares them away.
This is interesting footage that hopefully will help understanding orca's behaviour better and maybe help prevent future encounters.
stop destroy their habitat?
If your home and family were routinely attacked and destroyed by a group of people, I don’t think you’d be interested in preventing future encounters. You’d want to stop them from destroying and attacking your home
@@tmoneyhoney14 People who sail small vessels are usually the type of people who want to enjoy and preserve wildlife. They are not responsible for destroying wildlife. It's the big boys who are.
@@osrs5184 _"stop destroy [sic] their habitat?"_
Could you please stop destroying English? Thanks.
Also, as you can see, these people (who, btw, have every right to be boating out in the ocean) destroyed nothing.
Your illiteracy and your hatred for your fellow man mark you as a product of gov't schooling, which is sad.
@@bert2526 gotcha; the Orcas should know better and distinguish humankind who are destroying their environment from those who want to explore their curiosity and lust for adventure
so cute, just wanna play!
Wow, they never rammed right? just rubbed up against the keel and rudders? Maybe everyone is over reacting and they are just playing or scratching lice? Apparently a small orca did the same in North sea this week to s solo sailor in a 30' so they are sharing the behaviour..
its especially common with these group of 30 orcas by gibraltar, there are 100s of vidoes now of this happening.
@@feikemanting5258 yea I’ve seen, but majority we hear about are all “Attack” but the video seems to show them nosing about and being quite normal…
@@RichieKeane yeah i know what u mean, maybe they were smart enough to know it was carbon firbe instead of fibreglass with polyester. obvously not in that detail. who knows. orkas r fucking sick tho
@@feikemanting5258 yup a lot more to this than “attacking” yachts randomly… someone’s hurt or annoyed one and she’s teaching this behaviour in last years… could see the babies having a rub and a nose, wasn’t aggressive at all after first nudge
@@feikemanting5258I think it looked like an attempt to break the rudder. It is as you suggest lots stronger than normal sailboat rudders
Perfect execution 🏆
Orcas are orcanizing! These attacks are becoming the Orca equivalent to a TikTok trend.
You guys were banging on the side of the boat. 😅Ofcourse they're going to be curious. I wouldn't say they attacked your boat. You provoked them by making a bunch of noises so they would come next to your boat. Either way beautiful species of whales. Orcas are my absolute favorite ❤❤❤ great video of them..
That's automatic disqualification - outside assistance during the race....
That very smart apex predator was so gentle with those rudders
Seems they like to scratch their heads on the rudders. Intimidating, but it doesn't seem too dangerous. Certainly not an attack intended to harm, more like play.
Genossen mit Flossen. #Orcanize
Most important video yet to ease the tension. The behavior was not at all offensive. Swimming belly up is not how you „attack“ ffs… 👍
… maybe the orcas are mixing up the steering blades with shark fins?
🖖
Wat we do to stop birds from perching. We install little sharp spikes. Will an orca scratch or mouth on a spiked rudder. Or an electrified rudder, like an electrified cow fence.
Not an attack. Playing. Scratching. Curiousity. Not an attack.
So, why did they stop? Just to film the Orcas?
Beautiful creatures but must have been scary for the sailing team. Does anyone know if the sailing team ever got back into second place or won the race?
😳 Beautiful creatures!
We can put them on the menu at Taro Dreams of Sushi and thin out their numbers a little...
Only a barbarian would eat another intelligent being.
@@ghanahumber937 you seen the Cove?
@@ghanahumber937 Dolphins are commonly eaten in Japan. Also pigs are similarly intelligent to dolphins but most people don't have problems eating them. /shrug
😂😂😂😂😂 im dying 😂😂😂
They didn't realize all the banging had the effect of calling them back over!🤣Sent to annoy them by another racing team!
where is the attack?
Very interesting it's too bad you can't figure out how to tell them no, whether it's a high-pitched sound or a loud sounding bang. Maybe use a boat horn.
Let's put them in a small swimming pool & make them perform for food. We'll call the aquarium the Cetacean Marine Habitat Ecology Center. We can also sedate them, dice them into manageable pieces, season them with rock salt & garlic, grill them to an internal temperature of 74°C, & serve them with a lemon butter dressing to their adoring fans.
The orcas are tired of our shit 😂
Surely a fire cracker or under water sound device could discourage this behaviour.
Why is the racecourse where the orcas are?
Such rudders and keels do resemble their dorsal fins, which may trigger their reaction? 🤔 Maybe a scatter pattern painted on the rudders and keel would help?
Good thing you filmed them. The noise did not really seem to bother them, thought. They a pretty intelligent creatures and they peek up to you out of the water
there has been almost 200 occurances of orcas attacking rudders in recent years, 43 in 2023 alone. It only happens in the pod or orcas around gibraltar, if it was as simple as them looking like a fin this would be seen for years around the world, unfortunately it is probly mopre likely that the mother orca seen to be teaching this had some trauma related too a rudder in recent years that triggered this agressive response, but so far it has been limited too a pod of around 20-30 orcas found in the waters around Gibraltar and Portugal
@@itsConflan I'd wager a bet this is not aggressive behaviour, the impact on the boat would be very very different. Just have a look at any youtube vids of Orcas causing blunt trauma to grey wales in California or the various vids of Orcas attacking whales off the West Coast of Australia. It is nevertheless enough impact to sheer of rudders from regular sailing yachts, often causing stress fractures in the hull, permitting water entry.
@@itsConflan Attacks have been recorded off Cape Finisterre, and there was an attack this week off the Shetland Islands
@@greatstrides6540 do you have a link or source?
@@itsConflan I tried posting a series of links: not sure what happened to them. It may be quicker if you simply search Google for "orca" "boat" "finisterre" and then repeat with "orca" "boat" "scotland"
Makes a great back scratcher until it breaks! OK research over
They are presenting a warning. Remember the cataclysm that destroyed Atlantis? Look around.
Attack or scratching itself?
Didn’t appear to be aggressive just curious .. the boat wouldn’t be still floating if they decided to attack
Glad everyone is safe. The Portugual orcas have sunk other boats.
They most certainly were not attacking you. Sheesh.
I didn't see any ramming, but I did see underwater footage of a couple orcas scratching their foreheads on the rudder......
Who said anything about ramming?
Is going silent dead stop better than banging?
Probably just scratching an itch. Lol.
Were they dropping a camera off the side of the boat? What’s with the weird effect at 1:20?
I’m great! Sorry about the self promotion, I know it’s against the rules but..
It's a 360° camera on a pole
Maybe a type of loud underwater speaker. Pick a frequency and noise level that is irritating to the Orcas so they want to leave.
Anyone else see the orca use bubblebeam at 0:26?
A może, najwyższy czas,aby zrozumieć że, nie jesteśmy sami na tym świecie i powinniśmy wziąć pod uwagę, że takie zachowanie Orek , coś ma dać ludziom do myślenia,nie robią tego bez powodu.Ludzie ogarnijcie się, przyroda bez nas da sobie radę,my bez niej nie.🤢
It was just scratching its head on the rudder.
Nothing to freak out over.
I'm sure if they actually 'attacked' it would have been a very different matter.
I saw it grab it with it's teeth. think they were testing it to see how easy they could break it. They've destroyed a few rudders recently.
I agree with Stephen.
The Footage is very impressive and shows to me, that they are looking, scratching, but an attack looks different, when you see the orcas doing that!
I cannot understand, why the skippers says, it has been a dangerous situation - no doubt it has been, because nobody knows, what can happen - but let the crew stand that close to the railing, with their cell phones?!
Best, Matt.
No they were 100% looking for weaknesses to destroy it
@@johnwayne8494 evidence
Some people mistake their curiosity, and gives out some stupid assumption. Some even say the they are taking revenge for the destruction of the ocean, also probably think the orcas are subscribed to gretha thunberg to stay up to date on the topic.
of course, it shows no attacks. it's supposed to happen all the time but you never see attacks
It's their playground NOT ours.