Greg Blackburn thought his boat was hitting rough waves when the thumps began on May 2, as he sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar near Tangier, Morocco, according to 9News.
But as the jolts continued, and the rudder seemed to resist his steering, Blackburn looked down and saw a giant black animal in the water, with the characteristic white oval and underbelly. Two orcas were repeatedly ramming his boat, and soon two more whales joined in.
"There's not a lot you can do at that point," Blackburn, a sailor from the UK, told 9News. "After reading reports and knowing what has been going on, just thought we were in for a ride now."
A collaboration of researchers have recorded more than 200 reports of "interactions," where orcas approach or touch a vessel, along Portugal and Spain's Iberian Peninsula since 2020.
Orcas keep attacking sailboats, sometimes sinking them. Scientists are looking for answers
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