殺し屋 鯨s attack British couple's ヨット for an hour during sailing course off Morocco - with the orcas 粉砕するing off part of the rudder as they rammed the 大型船

  • Couple from Cambridge were 'petrified' as pod of orcas laid 包囲?to their 大型船

By Rohan Gupta

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A British couple have 述べるd the terrifying moment their ヨット was attacked by 殺し屋 鯨s.

Janet Morris and Stephen Bidwell, from Cambridge, were enjoying a sailing course off the coast of Morocco when they spotted a pod of orcas.

Some of the deadly 哺乳動物s then started bumping the boat - an attack which continued for an hour, it is （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.

Also 直面するd with high 勝利，勝つd and big swells, the able 乗組員 managed to navigate to calmer waters - and to safety.

商売／仕事 顧問 Janet, 58, said: 'I couldn't believe it when I saw them - it's 極端に rare. We were sitting ducks.

The orcas let up the chase after an hour but the steering on the boat failed so they headed back to shore

The orcas let up the chase after an hour but the steering on the boat failed so they 長，率いるd 支援する to shore

Janet Morris and Stephen Bidwell, from Cambridge, were enjoying a sailing course off the coast of Morocco when they spotted a pod of orcas

An Orca encroaches upon the sailing boat during the hour long attack

'We were amazingly 静める but underneath we were thinking, "Oh my god".

'Because everyone was 静める it felt okay, but we were petrified, it wasn't until afterwards that we talked about 存在 very 脅すd.

'We got our 価値のあるs and our パスポートs and talked about getting the life raft ready.

'It really didn't help that 条件s were bad before the orcas. The boat was moving around a lot - it was hard to distinguish one 原因（となる） from the others.

'The captain was very 静める and 整然とした, which got everyone through.'

Photographer Stephen, also 58, said: 'We all remained 静める because we were aware that if any of us got anxious it would be 感染性の.

'We were able to do that because the 船長／主将 was so 静める.

'Orcas enjoy the thrill of the chase, so ideally we'd have kept still, but that wasn't possible because of the 勝利，勝つd.'

Janet and Stephen, who are qualified to 借り切る／憲章 and captain sailing boats, were on day two of a week-l ong course to clock up sailing miles when the orcas 攻撃する，衝突する, on Tuesday May 2, just seven miles from Tangier.

The couple were taking a nap in 準備 for their night-watch 義務 when they felt banging on the 船体 and heard 乗組員 members shout, 'Orcas! Orcas!' - so they 急ぐd to deck.

At some point during the attack the 乗組員 saw the orcas - thought to number at least six - chasing pieces of 破片 that looked like sponge in the water.

The orcas let up the chase after an hour but the steering on the boat failed so they 長，率いるd 支援する to shore.

支援する in port they realised that the 破片 were pieces from the rudder of the sailing ヨット, a 46-foot Bavaria.

At least six of the deadly mammals started bumping the boat - an attack which continued for an hour

At least six of the deadly 哺乳動物s started bumping the boat - an attack which continued for an hour

An Orca encroaches upon the sailing boat during the hour long attack

An Orca encroaches upon the sailing boat during the hour long attack

Janet and Stephen, who are qualified to charter and captain sailing boats, were on day two of a week-long course to clock up sailing miles when the orcas hit

Janet and Stephen, who are qualified to 借り切る／憲章 and captain sailing boats, were on day two of a week-long course to clock up sailing miles when the orcas 攻撃する，衝突する

The couple will get another 適切な時期 to do the course, Janet said.

She 追加するd: 'We were on the course to get experience, and we'll know what to do if this happens again.'

The 海峡 of Gibraltar, which separates Europe and Africa, has been referred to 以前 as 'orca alley' 予定 to the large number of 鯨s.

There has been previous 報告（する）／憶測s of the 鯨s attacking boats in the area - which has baffled scientists.

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