The mystifying attacks on sailboats by a pod of Iberian orcas continue.
The crew of the British yacht Bonhomme William had to be rescued after an orca sank their vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar, according to Spanish authorities. It is the latest in a long-running series of “interactions” between orcas and midsize sailing yachts off the coast of Spain.
Maritime Executive reports that the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at Tarifa received a distress call from the yacht Bonhomme William on Wednesday night. The crew reported that their vessel had been disabled by orcas, which had hit it several times, and was adrift about two miles off Punta Camarinal in the strait’s western entrance.