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Beautiful animal, but also dangerous moment for us as a team. "Impressive to see the orcas, first of all. "Three orcas came at us - straight at us - and started hitting the rudders," Team JAJO skipper Jelmer van Beek said in the video, after the incident. The killer whales are also seen nudging the boat's rudders. The footage, released by The Ocean Race, shows the orcas approach Team JAJO's yacht, then swim up alongside and underneath the vessel as the crew remains on board. One of the teams' crew members filmed the interaction.
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LONDON - Racing yachts had a close encounter with a pod of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, race officials said.Ĭrew members aboard a rival pair of 65-foot yachts were on the final leg of The Ocean Race, an around-the-world sailing competition, when they reported being intercepted by killer whales as their boats approached the Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, separating Europe from Africa.