As the crew motored inshore after the encounter, one of the orcas reappeared, chased the boat into the marina and tore off what little fiberglass was left on the two rudders.
Orcas that attacked a sailboat in the Strait of Gibraltar ripped its two rudders off in less than 15 minutes then played with the debris, dramatic footage of the encounter shows.
The catamaran was passing through the strait on its way to the Canary Islands on April 15 when a pod of four or five orcas, at least three of them juveniles, surfaced and launched themselves at the boat's two rudders. Kriz said he saw two of the juveniles make a beeline for the rudders, while an adult orca was"cruising around."In a video of the encounter, one of the juveniles glides under the stern then head-buts the boat's underside while thrashing in the water.
The crew immediately turned the engine off upon the orca's return."We stopped and she took what was left of the rudders," Kriz said."Then they let us go." Pictures of the rudders after the encounter show the metal scaffold bent and stripped of all the fiberglass. —2 orcas slaughter 19 sharks in a single day in South Africa, eating their livers and leaving them to rot
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