{"id":18884,"date":"2013-03-24T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/orcas-have-been-known-to-attack-yachts\/"},"modified":"2013-03-24T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T07:39:49","slug":"orcas-have-been-known-to-attack-yachts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/orcas-have-been-known-to-attack-yachts\/","title":{"rendered":"Orca\u2019s have been known to attack Yachts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A couple of days ago I picked up and am currently reading a book by Dougal Roberston<\/a> entitled Survive the Savage Sea<\/a>. Dougal and six of his family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific after their 19-ton 43-foot schooner, Lucette, was stove in by a pod of killer whales. With no maps, compass, or navigational instruments, and rations for only three days, they used every survival technique they could as they battled 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Thus it was quite serendipitous to be sent a couple of images of Expert Tours<\/a>, Rainer Schimpf diving amongst a couple of Orca\u2019s off of Seaview earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Rainer was escorting German film crew in Port Elizabeth to film a documentary on the Sardine Run as wells as a media production for the SA Foreign Ministry in Germany, to promote Marine Awareness and tourism.<\/p>\n

Silke Ptaszynski the main presenter in the SA Foreign Ministry production has travelled extensively and just returned to PE from Norway which employs many people in the Whale watching industry.<\/p>\n

The 4 Orca\u2019s were spotted between Noordhoek and Seaview on the 20th March as they showed their offspring how to hunt and kill commons dolphins.<\/p>\n

Forming a bait ball the Orcas, gannets and sea life feasted upon the sardines as Rainer and brave tourists entered the water to get photographs and film footage.<\/p>\n

Me, after reading Survive the Savage Sea<\/a>, I would have stayed in the boat.<\/p>\n

Silke says that during a 3 month whale season in Andenes (a city in Andoya) 25000 tourists will visit for up to 4 days on average to watch whales \u2013 correctly marketed Port Elizabeth could experience a similar growth in marine tourism. \u201cWe have whales and Orcas all year around\u201d says Rainer.<\/p>\n

\"Seaview<\/a><\/p>\n

Gannets benefit from the bait ball formed by Orcas off the Port Elizabeth coast<\/p>\n

\"Seaview<\/a><\/p>\n

Orcas frolic off the Port Elizabeth coast between Noordhoek and Seaview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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