orca Archives

Desperate times, Desperate measures

January 29th, 2026

Stories about orca attacks along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts began in 2020, with Peter Swanson reporting on a deterrent

October 11th, 2025

Scuttlebutt has been reporting on orca attacks along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts since 2020, with the only advice to

April 29th, 2025

As spring awakens in the Northern Hemisphere, a powerful migration is underway – not just of boats returning north from

April 21st, 2025

How likely – really – is your yacht to collide with a whale? Yachting World reports on a new approach

April 1st, 2025

Not far from the German headland of Cape Arkona, a sailing boat sank March 31 due to massive water ingress.

January 29th, 2025

The Marine Mammal Advisory Group (MMAG) is calling on the global sailing community to participate in an anonymous survey documenting

July 26th, 2024

Orcas relentlessly battered a yacht in a “terrifying” two-hour attack on July 24 that didn’t end until the $128,680 vessel

June 12th, 2024

The incidents of orcas ramming sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts was first reported in 2020, and has

June 3rd, 2024

For four years now, orcas have been ramming and sinking yachts in European waters, and scientists have struggled to work

May 13th, 2024

(May 13, 2024) – An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters