An orca has repeatedly rammed a yacht off the coast off Shetland in the North Sea in a dramatic development that sees orca attacks on yachts for the first time outside the Iberian peninsula
It’s been a big week (f)in orca news. The black and white cetaceans, often referred to as killer whales seem to be making some unexpected moves—popping up in numbers and places where they usually do not.
DAVID JONES: It was only when I saw the damage to Mustique last week, after she became the latest of many sailing boats to be battered by orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, that I fully grasped their power.
Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.