Recently, a small group of killer whales battered the 66-foot sailing yacht Mustique off the coast of southern Spain, doing enough damage, including puncturing the hull and breaking the rudder, that the crew had to call in a maritime rescue and the vessel had to be towed to port for repairs.
It was the second time in less than a week that such an encounter was reported in the area, and the latest in a baffling series of seeming attacks on boats by the animals in or near the Strait of Gibraltar.
On May 5, the 50-foot sailing yacht Alboran Champagne sank after being struck by orcas the previous night, the third vessel in the last three years to go under after a run-in with some unruly Orcinus orca locals.
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