From fog horns to bottles of urine, sailors are trying some wild ways to save their yachts.
This latest sinking adds to the hundreds of incidents of orcas interacting with, damaging, and sometimes sinking boats over the last three years.
Pouring gasoline or diesel fluid and urine into the water had no effect, according to the few sailors who tried it.
Dumping a black water tank filled with a "bleach solution" seemed to provoke the orcas into ramming the boat more, according to one account.
Serge MELESAN / 500px / Getty ImagesIf orcas damage your boat, the GTOA recommends calling the authorities.
Persons:
orcas, It's, Chase Dekker, that's, Enrique Marcarian, GTOA, Lisa Schaetzle, Alessandro De Maddalena, Orcas, John Burbeck, Arturo de Frias, Alfredo López, it's, Serge MELESAN, Hanne Strager
Organizations:
Service, Cruising Association, Grupo, Orca Behavior, Reuters, CA, Washington Post, Cruisers
Locations:
Strait, Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco, Alaska