Orcas and Rudders

OCC Member and Connecticut Port Officer, Bob Osborn, was welcomed to the Gibraltar Straits by a pod of Orcas in the summer of 2025. Within a few minutes he lost both his Hydrovane rudder and 1/3rd of his main rudder. In this Webinar Bob interviews Rui Alves who runs the Orca reporting website orcas.pt. Bob describes his Orca encounter and Rui explains the statistics, the behaviour and how best to avoid and respond to attacks.