Dodging ORCA WHALES sailing through Europe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Orcas, or killer whales, have been attacking sailboats for the last few years and have even sunk two! All down the Portugese coast, aka, the coast we are now cruising down...so join us for this nerve-wracking, edge of seat episode where we figure out our defence method and cross our fingers....
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Episode 38 I Chapter 2: Sailing South till the Butter Melts [Europe]
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Name pronunciation (Tay-Lee), its Welsh, feel free to call her Too-Loo/Te-a-lu/Teaugukug/Tulu
1987 Colvic Victor Ketch
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We are Becka and Zach, a couple who, in 2020, dreamt of sailing off into the big blue. Trouble is- we were in a pandemic, had a university degree to finish, on a student budget, only had ever sailed dingies, oh and didn’t have a boat. The dream seemed not only unrealistic but pretty insane.
However, we worked hard, finished our degrees, worked as many hours as physically possible, saved with all our might, got experience and in March 2022 bought our very own sailboat, Teulu. Having little sailing experience and being a young couple, we have encountered a tonne of hurdles and made plenty of mistakes! but for every downfall, there has always been a reason to dust ourselves off and carry on.
We hope you can join us as we sail around the world and keep #bloodydoingit
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HI Guys I just wanted to say how much I have been loving your videos, I have been watching other sailing channels for 10 + years and yours is becoming one of my favourites. It really feels like I an travelling with you, your story telling is brilliant. I also love your play lists as I can click play all and work my way through in order. Looking forward to catching up with your journey to date and have resisted the urge to watch any of your newest videos.
I live in Sintra, just near the coast. I've been away for 3 months for work. At the end of your video you film "my" piece of coast, you can clearly see "Peninha" from your boat. It made me cry, really. Thank you for showing me my place seen from the Ocean. Good winds and good luck with the o. r. c. a.
It was so beautiful there, you are lucky to call such an amazing place home!
I love the artistic shooting and editing.❤
Very well done
At last! My Monday morning shot of adrenaline, instruction and watching two young people following their dreams! Go for it Becky and Zach! 32k subscribers in just a few months. You must be doing something right! 😊
I’m glad we can brighten your Mondays. Thanks for following along 😁
Orca attacks seems to be a lot more common elsewhere but not here. I've sailed in the Salish Sea here (north of Seattle) with Orca. I've never had any problems or concerns. I've just been happy to have them alongside while under sail. It never even occurred to me that they attack boats until I saw all the videos of attacks in the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere. Not sure why this is happening but it sounds downright scary. Love your videos. You sure have come a long ways in your sailing abilities! Fun to watch. Happy Holidays you two.
It seems to be just this coast strangely enough! Glad you like the vids- happy holidays to you too!
It's a growing issues only along this bit of sea, thought to be with just one pod teaching there young
It's a pretty localized thing i think. Like how magpies are racist against Australians and will attack them on sight, but here in North America they'll come hang out in the yard and chill with you all afternoon.
I have finally caught up with all your videos and love them so much. Your editing is so good and with your lovely since of humor it makes them very enjoyable and laughable. You both be careful out at sea. I will be waiting for your next dream video.
Thanks for following along Walter, we will try and be careful ☺️
Great video as always. What an adventure!
Thanks Spence!
I am not an expert on marine mammals, or devices to repel said marine mammals. I am not (yet)? ready to jump in and tell others what "they" should be doing about dangerously playful orcas! Instead I'll just congratulate you both on another well done video. Keep it up.
Bob on Wild Rose
Thanks Bob! We really appreciate it 😊
The video of the hull down gaff cutter was nicely done. Safe travels.
Thanks 😊
Just heard that Sir Robin Knox Johnson’s boat was attacked by orcas off the Spanish coast 24th November. Disabled the rudder (which they managed to repair) 😮 On November 24 at 0835 GMT off the Spanish coast of Cape Finisterre (Lat 42 53.6N Long 009 30.3W), a pod of 7-10 Orcas surrounded his Farr 56 sailboat Sanjula and then began to barge into its rudder.
The orcas butting into the rudder eventually broke a steering connecting rod. The engine was switched off and the boat lay hove-to whilst the emergency steering was rigged. After ten minutes the orcas moved away, no longer finding a hove-to yacht interesting … but that is only an assumption. The boat sailed to Vigo for repairs.
Wow, so many boats have been attacked! At least they had emergency steering!
My Grandmother was delivering their 54ft Custom Navidad ketch to Lisbon a few years back, during October. Apparently, her complaint was Orcas were fiddling with the rudders? Nannie turned on her motor, engaged the propeller and the Orcas swam away.
They were very lucky 😅
Council of Elrond at Anchor. Perfect!
Getting through the list of jobs on those foggy days must feel satisfying. Glad you made it there Orca alley without interaction. Stay safe
Cheers Darin 😅
Always something that is going to try and spoil the fun. glad you got through ok. Here where I live we got wolves and bears to worry about. When I go running I always carry bear spray strapped to me. Winter is ok, just got to worry about the wolves but for the most part will not attack, unlike your ORCAS. Stay safe out there. Cheers
I wish we had a spray for the Orcas! Thanks 😊
Well done guys you are doing amazing take care both.
Thanks Stuart! You too 😊
Hey you two. I lived in Vancouver British Columbia Canada and we have Killer whales all over the place. Our hockey team has an Orca as part of its logo. However I have never heard of this activity before. This is so strange. Plus the clip at the beginning of your video scared me. I thought that was you guys for a second. If it helps. I have never heard of a report of killer whales attacking a human in open water. Apparently sailboats yes. Keep living my dream.
Hi Paul. I’ve (Zach) spend sometime around Vancouver Island and was lucky enough to see Orcas there! We can’t wait to sail to a place where you don’t have to avoid Orcas 😊 thanks for the info!
@@TeuluTribe I really want to thank you this is the second time you have responded to my comment it really made me feel good.
Paul - you need to know that the orcas are NOT attacking humans. They are going after the rudders on sailboats along the Iberian coastline. The sinkings were the result of damage to the hulls when the orcas pulled off the rudders (somehow). So, fear not! The orcas are still gracious enough to let us humans visit their ocean habitat unmolested... unfortunately, some of them are a little less accepting of our boats. Truth be told, I think they are going to eventually find out that this is a game to the orcas. One or two accidentally discovered a sailboat's rudder was lots of fun to play with, they passed on the word to the rest of the pod, who shared it with another local pod, and now all the orcas are having all the fun with all the rudders. 🙂
@@AGDinCA thank you for pointing out the obvious I watched the video and the experts say their not sure why they are doing this but I guess your guess is as good as anybody's on the internet thanks for playing.
As far as I understand it they just find boat interesting and fun to play with. So put on a mask and hopp in 😅
You guys are awesome. Great job!
Thanks 😊
Very nice place cascais , loved it around there , great vids u 2
Cheers Andy
Cool. You met Professor Jan Martin Nordbotten in his 40-foot wooden Colin Archer. N-4316. Lady Free. Jan Martin Nordbotten is the youngest person in Norway to finish a PhD and the third youngest professor. He has sailed this boat around the world. He is known as the "Sailing Professor". He even went to Antarctica. And the Northwest passage. No winches, no sprayhood, no autopilot. He does it the old way.
Thats incredible. It was such an epic boat- and no winches! What a guy
Oh wow! Interesting! I heard they can be dangerous but didn’t know of the attacks in this area. Like JAWS! Beautiful creatures!
It’s such a shame as we know a lot of cruisers who have been put off sailing that coast now.
Hello from🇭🇷 As far as I know the life of orcas, they are only looking for food. They are able to attack fish much larger than themselves, so the perfectly rounded hull of the sailboat with the addition of a separate keel and separate rudder looks like a bigger fish with fins to orcas. Fins are the weakest point of all large fish, whales, sharks,... and they attack the fins first to disable the fish from escaping. When they bite into the rudder, they see that it is not really edible and search further. As their natural food is getting less and less, the rudder or narrow keel can easily be fin replaced by a smaller blue whale, a smaller porpoise...
Happy new year.
I liked the video and loved the title!! but wow.. what a weird thing for the orcas to do XD ahah have a good sail guys!
Cheers Rob, it’s definitely odd 😅
A good dose of PTFE spray on your mainsail slides and around the 'gate' on the mast will transform that hoist 👍
We’ll give it a go. Thanks Billy!
@Teulu Tribe your 1-2 gallons of deisel into the water is negligible. Remember the rule "dilution is the solution". so while you may see the streak initially, it'll go away after a few hours. Besides, it's better than your entire tank, plus whatever spare fuel you have on board, plus whatever other refuse there is: oils, plastics, etc etc.
Glad you made it safely!
Thanks Helly 😊
Brilliant video. Yous have inspired us a lot with your videos. Yous are brilliant. We have a gaff rig sailing boat and are planning on doing it up a bit, and moving onto it full time by March/April. We are hoping to start vlogging our journey. Do you use a GoPro? We are going to buy the GoPro hero 11 but trying to get peoples recommendations & reviews. Do you have any recommendations for vlogging gear. Thanks guys, stay safe 😊
Thanks so much. We are so happy you enjoy them. Very exciting about moving aboard- good luck with it all. We do have a GoPro but find the microphone can be a little quiet and as audio is so important for videos, would recommend getting an external mic for it 😊
@@TeuluTribe thank you so much! I’ll definitely look into it. 🙏🏼
I've been following these interactions for 3-4 years across different websites and blogs as I'm thinking of cruising to the Med down the coast of Spain and Portugal. It's more than a single pod behind these encounters as there have been reported interactions off both Galicia and Trafalgar on the same day. It's a learned behaviour that now includes leisure craft. Anecdotally the earliest interactions were with the commercial tuna fisherman perhaps driven by a scarcity of tuna which is the principal food for the orca population in this area. Again anecdotally, the response from some fisherman to orcas taking catches was robust, perhaps encouraging orcas to view all craft with antipathy. I'm not sure how this can be changed now. Either you trade up to a size and build of craft that will be safe in an encounter or you have to rethink your destination. For me, this limits cruising enormously to northern Europe or forcing the significant step of a trans-atlantic. I'm still processing this one.
The size of a boat weakens its strength to the power of 4, everytime it doubles in length... double the size of your yacht and it can handle 4 times less force in an impact, thats why all the yachts the orcas are sinking are 40ft and above..
We have heard similar hypothesis from fellow sails. From what we have seen it’s definitely been getting worse each year. It’s unfortunate as it’s really put us off cruising this coast again 😢
@@4kays160 I'm impressed how confidently you express complete nonsense.
@@belkenator im impressed you understand physics less than a 9yr old.. ill continue being an engineer who understand maths and builds these things for a living.. and you can continue being mentally challenged to the point 11yr olds feel sorry for you...
This might sound silly, but in Australia you can buy an ultrasonic Kangaroo deterrent, essentially a device which makes one hell of a racket, but which is above the range of human hearing. They use them to keep roos of of crops. I wonder if something like that might work for Orcas?
just like the one is suppose to work on rats 😂
I recon whats needed is something to confuse the orcas Iike a plastic sheet or a sailcloth suspended on a pole or weighted rope. Just something to throw them off balance
Interesting idea 😊
This last November sailed from Rota to Cueta Spain and back across the Gibraltar Strait. My plan was to pull my rudder. Because I can on my boat. But also I heard you can dump a small amount of diesel in the water will scare them away.
Sounds like a lovely sail, not sure how environmentally friendly it is to dump diesel 😅
@@TeuluTribe well that would be my last option. But a little diesel is better than a tank full when they sink the boat.
hi. is it just sail boats they go for? so maybe the propellers on motor boats scare them. maybe keep engine running..
It’s mainly sail boats. We’ve heard that running the engine could work.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Question how do you find free anchorages? Is there a website or guide to free moorings pls?
Theres a fantastic app called Navily where we find them all 😊
Zach it seems like you are cold blooded we never seem to see how in a jacket
I sailed that gauntlet in September. I will never visit again. It is impossible to enjoy sailing with the threat of orca attacks.
Some advice for raising your sails, spray the slides with a silicone spray, don't use wd40 this tends to attract dirt.
Thanks for the advice, I’ll use it next time I have to spray them 😁
Thanks for mentioning this, can't imagine why you didn't before. Suggestions; 1- start the motor.... but that is obvious.
2- Fireworks. Get something, anything that might startle them. a nice big water-proof firecracker should do the trick. A roman candle will do in a pinch when they are surfaced. Anything loud.
3- Steer in tight circles, but again I am being Captain obvious.
And NO, Killer Whales are NOT endangered. People seem to think that every damn animal out there is "endangered", don't fall for it. They don't call them Killers for nothing.
Thanks for the suggestions John
I watch several sailing channels and this is the first I have heard of the Orca attacks. Most of the other channels are from the USA, Canada or the Caribbean, but a couple came out of the Med in the last couple years. Sounds like Orca revenge.
Pretty crazy eh!
A very specific resident pod in a specific part of the coast near Spain/Portugal/Gibraltar started doing it only a few years ago. The issue is that the orcas that do “attack” appear to be teaching other orcas how to do it. Or at the very least, the young orcas see it as playful fun and imitate it. Nobody quite knows the fundamental reason why they do it or what their motivations might be. But they do know that it only started in this local area about 3 or 4 years ago. And the behaviour is spreading.
Glad your both OK
Thanks 😊
Do you guys ever see yourselves crossing the Atlantic and visiting the Bahamas?
Hopefully in the not too distant future 😁
That’s Great news. I usually watch my sailing shows when I go to bed. I looked for you two last night hoping for a new episode. Safe sailing and be safe !!
Becka and Zach where in the UK are you lot from
We are from Hampshire/Surrey originally 😊
Our last boat we sold was attacked by Orca and had half the rudder bitten off. Off the coast of Portugal
Best of luck😊
Ouch! Thanks Jay!
It seems that it's only sailboats that are getting attacked? What about motor boats? Maybe you need to motor thru the entire area?
Sail boats sailing and sail boats motoring have been attacked equally which is the frustrating bit
So glad we are all out of that area now 🥳
Couldn’t be happier 😍
There are far too many "look at meee look at meee" vlogs on the youtube who so often use what I crudely call t-one-t bait thumbnail pictures to solicit likes and subscribes.
To spike the fact that you certainly have the physical credentials to do so, I for one find your channel wonderfully refreshing because you resist that and choose integrity, honesty and intelligent insightful content instead.
Your insight into the real fear and anxiety of a possible killer whale attack was great.
Keep doing the wonderful job you are doing.
Agreed
It was just a question that the video answered, glad you enjoyed though 😊
@@TeuluTribe , As you have amended your title, I have amended my comment to keep things balanced. Its not just the ropes you are learning so to speak. So often what is meant by you, and what is perceived by others can drift (so to speak again) and the internet can be stormy place to navigate. (so to speak again ...sorry )
@@mmorlan1481 We appreciate that, thank you
additional advice from the biologists studding the orcas. run silent. there are 2 pods , North and South. the North pod has an aggressive male which is joined by 2-3 other males causing most of the problems. I believe your past this area by now. Fair Winds 😎
Thanks for the advice and information, we’ll keep that in mind if we ever end up in those waters again 😊
I'm a sailor and a commercial fisherman off the east coast of the United States. The only thing that works is to use a bang stick. It's basically a long stick that holds a shotgun shell usually filled with rock salt or something benign. The concussion effect will scare them away as it's goes off. It works every time. Nobody get's hurt. google bang stick. It might fall into the fire arms category though in some countries. I know commercial divers use them too, to protect from sharks when diving oil rigs.
Oh wow! Never heard of that before!
@Gerrit I agree, There's a point you reach where your safety will overcome any fear of fines. I sail a 50 ft steel ketch with a robust and protected rudder so it isn't really an issue for me.
@@robertfreeman2322I’ve always wondered why not make rudders out of steel? I wouldn’t spend the money to have one custom made for the fun of it, but if I was replacing one, I’d give it a serious looking into.
USA advice = turn to gunpowder 😂 I’d suggest not pissing off these huge beautiful intelligent apex predators. The rumour is the attacks started off after fishermen attacked them…. yet more violent or aggressive human interactions won’t improve things for anyone!
@@nutsandbolts432 Orcas weigh six tons and would rip a steel rudder out of a fibreglass boat. Both rudder and boat need to be strong. The last boat sank because the Orca ripped the rudder right out of it.
Hi Zach, Becka, the boat looks so good with all the sails up 🤙I did notice u didn't talk about my suggestion with the fog horn,, in the water if u have an orca attack, oh well, it just may work, an u won't be hurting them. Anyway nice vlog, glad ur both well. 🌈😎
We kept a fog horn out because of your suggestion! It was a good one 😊
@@TeuluTribe awesome, when I saw it, I thought u beauty, my favourite sailors are Bloody doing it!!!
I carry my 150lb crossbow on board.
Maybe they need culling!?
Like you said, there is enough to worry about sailing without now adding Orcas trying to sink your boat. Hopefully you don't need to try the sand!
Thankfully we didn’t need it 😊
Ziggy Ziggy dance...👍🤣
Haha gosh i cant dance!!
So help me, I can't understand why someone has not built a stainless steel cage around their rudders to protect them from the Orcas, when sailing in that area. You just have to build it to give plenty of room for a 360 degree turning of the rudder or lock-to-lock and too big for the Orcas to bite down on it, you know, kind of like a big bird cage around the rudder.
That’s an interesting idea, it definitely could work!
Throw a m-80 on a sinker in the water that might scare them away.
Depth charges. Have you watched Das Boot? They won't like that.
Orkas are not even slightly endangered.
Perhaps a baby Orca got hurt or was even killed by a boat (unbeknown to the boater) and so the Pod is angry at all boats that sail into their territory.
Perhaps shallow water provides some peace of mind but just an FTI... Orcas have beached themselves in order to snag a seal at the waters edge. Also, at a wedding where the cake falls to the floor, you'll never forget that wedding compared to those events where everything goes perfect. I'll bet you'll never forget this adventure.
The thought behind the shallow water tactics was that Orca in this area hut Tuna and Tuna aren’t normally in shallower water. It’s definitely something we’ll never forget 😅
We always carry a loaded 303 when on the prawning boat in far north Queensland sounds a bit radical. Who's life is at stake! Cheers n beers Marty Australia
Dynamite.
Yep, just another Danger of Cruising☹️ Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎
Thanks Steven 😊
Videos are getting better. Love the music at the end. The orcas might be affected by the electronics on the boats or the motors. Try sailing silent. Just s thought.
Glad you are enjoying them! 😊
Who knew. Wow.
Pretty wild, eh 😅
Animals as intelligent as Orcas will have individual cultures within their groups, and within their sub species. Most Orca sub types don't eat or attack large animals, living mostly on fish. However, it sounds like this group may well be a type (North Atlantic Type 2) that feeds on marine mammals, and also has a rather delinquent culture. Once the leaders have started targetting rudders, it's lilely they'll pass it on to the juveniles. That means the problem's probably here to stay for many years to come
I didn’t know that any of the groups in Europe fed on marina mammals, thanks for the information.
Methinks: The Orcas feel threatened and its their way to defend?
That could make a very ocaward situation..
We sea what you did there 😉
@@TeuluTribe i know... dad joke...
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The orcas are in their long room and we insist on Coming through. I wouldn’t call them hospitable one little bit. Continued safe travels to you all two! Does the insurance cover an orca attack? What a trip.
Hi, I don’t have other forms of social media so I’m curious about your videos are they uploaded from weeks ago or are you fairly up to date? Wi-Fi permitting of course 😊 what are your general plans for the coming months. Thanks for another upload 👍
The vids are filmed just over a month ago! Hoping to head to warmer climates for the winter 😊
@@TeuluTribe thank you for taking time to reply!! Really looking forward to your next adventures and episodes. I don’t blame you wanting to head for warmer climes! It’s freezing in Devon at the mo, I’m very envious! 😀
Orcas sinking boats that is a scary thought
Stay safe
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We will, thanks Andrew!
Guess your going to have to come to the Pacific our Orca's are friendlier.
I guess we will 😍
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These have learnt to play/attack. They need to be stopped before other learn.
This is a controversial subject with a lot of speculation from all sides. I'm not going to weigh in for or on any side but as one apex predator to another. I won't roll over and play dead. I wouldn't do it for a man, a lion or an orca.
Having said that I see no reason why something bumping into me or my boat would be automatic grounds for a no holds bar brawl. It has more to do with what we both do next that matters. If I go dead in the water and they are happy with just being curious, it won't be my first staring contest. If on the other hand they persist with the aggression then I to am a apex predator with a brain and a fair number of resources at my disposal.
Just in case anyone wants to argue about the resources. There is one thing that any boat with a radio can generate an very large supply of. Feedback.
If you can't give every mammal in the area a headache with that then you're doing it wrong. 😂
Be careful guys 😊
We will Paul 😊
Knowing that whales communicate with sound I think the answer will be some sort of sonic device maybe mounted to the inside of the hull that would emit a danger or threatening sound. I'm surprised marine biologists are stumped by this behavior and not aware of a warning/danger sounds that they exhibit in the wild that could be reproduced to scare them away IDK,, but, if it came down to me and my family or the whale - the whale will lose.
I guess that’s why people are using the dolphin pingers!
LOL, great title :)
Sorry! I meant to add, LOOOOOVED this episode. We are hoping to get over there next year and this topic has been on our radar. Thanks for the great film.
Glad you enjoyed 😊
Really impressed that you were able to see that the Original title was misleading & showed that you do have the integrity I. (& many others i'm sure) believed you to have. sending warm thoughts & also thoughts of your safety guys, Peace.
Thanks
@@TeuluTribe I have just learnt via M.Morlan's comment that comments can be altered or even removed and have removed my previous comments so as not to leave any negativity with your vlog.
@@TeuluTribe sent you a messsage via telegram, finally managed to figure it out lol i'm 62 sorry for delay
Fire a very pistol under water.
Maybe your anti foul needs to be black and white .
If only it was that easy 😅
Robert saying a bang stick works is probably a great idea to have on board, I sure would have one or a few, just another thing to worry about with blue water sailing!! I would contact other UTUBE sailing channels to see if they ever had problems with Orcas and if so what did they do.
Thats a great suggestion- thanks!
Yep, pyrotechnic Thunderflash sticks weighted to detonate at a depth of 3 metres might deter killer dolphins in extremis. Or they might antagonise them. Back in the day chandleries licensed to sell distress flares often stocked them.
@@TeuluTribe Ran Sailing - Johan and Malin were through there last year. But they lucked out like you. I think one of their buddy boats had an encounter, though.
If it was me I'm making a fish shocker with either a car battery or battery charger and an inverter..
You could have two sticks you stick in the water when they attack, or fix wires permenantly to the rudder ,and just attach the other end to a power source when the Orcas attack.The authorities should be actually setting up some dummy boats to change the behaviour of the Orcas
To be honest I think it's just another thing to put on the list, I'm pretty sure the boats that sank sank becasue they were flimsy poorly built boats with poorly built rudders. My understanding is that most (if not all) of the boats that have had their rudders attacked have been under engine. Boats that are purely sailing seem to be left alone. When you consider the number of boats going through the waters it's very few that get attacked, unless of course you stay in the area. If it's you obviously it's crap but that's just bad luck, plenty of other things could also mess up your rudder. The best theory is the orca's are basically just having fun and quite impressed that they can make a boat do funny things by messing with their rudders.
From the Cruising Association data, it seemed 40.2% of boats were just under sails at the time, 26% were motor sailing and 31% motoring, so it’s really split, which was really quite frustrating when weighing up our options 🤣
@@TeuluTribe Ah interesting - there goes that theory then.
Seems very clear to me! The Big Beautiful ORCAS Do Not want you there!! Ha! So every body leave the area until they move on!! Problem solved.
And thats exactly what we have done! Haha
They know nothing? Are they playing, curious or attacking? no idea? Would fish finders help at all? Have they compared the shape of rudders or the color? Have the used captive whales to get reactions to the very LIMITED stimuli involved here. This is happening almost in a vacuum, lol. They should have some idea.
They have gathered a lot of info on a spreadsheet about the attacks but it seems very little research is being done on the subject
@@TeuluTribe all these billionaires and they can’t fork over a few million for orca preservation to save their own yachts. Ok not those little yachts, but go to those $15 mil sail boat owners, and tell them to cough it up.
IT IS PORTUGUESE and not portugese!!
its leviosa not leviosa!
I wonder if shocking an orca with a cattle prod would work.
Maybe, we are out of the orca territory now luckily!
What a useless video and useless advice. What div said “use a bag of sand”? If u do get attacked try putting the engine in reverse at full throttle.
Thanks Rob, luckily we didn’t want to advise anyone, and instead just document our experience 😊
Do you want some gravy for that chip on your shoulder @robburnet4530?
It boggles the mind that because an endangered species is attacking your boat you would allow you and your husband to drown rather that defend yourself from these whales...would you do the same if you had a child onboard, also ?
We weren't likely to drown sailing 5 miles from shore, and didn't have a child on board