Hope you brought extra underwear...

[Mark Barnes]

Sailboaters fight off a pod of killer whales that broke off their rudder...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-sailors-fighting-off-080940428.html

 

[MarPar]

 

[Budnicks]

I wonder what caused them to attack the rudder ?

 

[Mark Barnes]

I wonder what caused them to attack the rudder ?

I was thinking the sailboat (from below) might have resembled a killer whale food source. What luck!

 

[Budnicks]

I was thinking the sailboat (from below) might have resembled a killer whale food source. What luck!

yeah must have been (or looked like) a prey item

but when they saw it wasn't, you'd think an animal that smart
that are extremely intelligent, would just leave

I wonder if it was a territorial deal ?
protecting their turf ?

When I was in Alaska we'd get them around the boat
out just beyond the Cook Inlet
occasionally, but they really just come up & check US out
then leave...

we were fishing for Halibut & Cod

had one take a decent size Halibut off the line

never really any signs of agression

maybe down there they don't know or see too many
sail boats or humans