They started bumping the boat during the frightening incident
“Orcas enjoy the thrill of the chase, so ideally we’d have kept still, but that wasn’t possible because of the winds.”Janet and Stephen, who are qualified to charter and captain sailing boats, were on day two of a week-long course to clock up sailing miles when the orcas hit, on May 2, seven miles from Tangier.
The couple were taking a nap in preparation for their night-watch duty when they felt banging on the hull and heard crew members shout, ‘Orcas! Orcas!’ - so they rushed to deck. At some point during the attack the crew saw the orcas - thought to number at least six - chasing pieces of debris that looked like sponge in the water. The orcas let up the chase after an hour but the steering on the boat failed so they headed back to shore.
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