How me and my crew fought off a killer whale as it smashed into our boat… using vinegar: The terrifying first sign we were under attack and the tactics we used to see it off as panic broke out
A group of young sailors explained how panic entered when a killer began to enter the whale yacht – before fighting the gigantic monster using vinegar.
20 -year -old women from Norway, when the killer whale was attacked on September 13, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, Fisherman’s town on the way to Sinenes Sailing boat Nova Vida.
The shocking video shared with the Daily Mail shows that it turns the steering wheel from control when it hits the shock of the ship and the orca over and over again.
Elise Wurschmidt, who was on a day trip with two friends and captains, said: ‘We opened the engine and a few minutes later the wheel begins to rotate uncontrollable.
‘We thought something could be wrong, and then we could only see a big orient next to the boat.’
When the whale hit the rudder under the boat, the steering mechanism was completely in two.
Elise, “ This is broken the rudder completely stuck, ” he says. ‘We could not use the emergency rudder and we could not use the steering wheel at all.’
When the wheel was locked in place, young seafarers could only walk around while the Orcas continued to hit the body.
Elise says she’s not calm on board. However, in the cockpit images, the crew on the ship looks extremely disciplined to look for a solution – it turns to unusual vehicles to prevent the attacking six -meter whales.
Elise and her friends tried to defend Orcas, who attacked the boat without violence. They started the engine of the boat and poured vinegar into water, hoping that something could work
While attacking one or two Orcas Nova Vida, five or six apparently hit the ocean view
Elise (in the picture) met a sailing course with friends. They plan to sail the world together and certification Journeys on Instagram
Elise Wurschmidt, Thelma Hvidsten Hem, Eva Hole Rødland, Amalie Sundnes Harjo and Lisa Strand Festervoll are currently under repair in Germany in Fatuhiva
Elise and her four friends, 20 of them read a lot about Orcas to prepare to walk around the world.
During last month documented They try and learn with a private audience on Instagram.
They met through Bir+ World Academy, ‘You have traveled for a year and you have a school in the sea and you learn to sail’ a student change on a sailing.
But nothing could prepare them for it. Currently, they thought that starting the engine and hitting the rudder could scare the attacking whales.
It was also the folk stories of old sailors who brought them comfortable when they needed.
Elise had heard the murderer whales with sand and vinegar. It may not be supported by science, but not to feel helpless.
They say run the engine and pour the vinegar into the sea – ‘the cheapest one from Carrefour’ – they hoped that the whales would leave them alone.
Elise, “ `We do not really think that vinegar is doing anything, ” he stressed. But we just poured it because it’s better than feeling helpless.
‘We think the engine is reversed, because when you back up the rudder, the propeller sucks instead of exploding, so maybe the whale doesn’t like it.’
Oceanview sank after a few killer whales on Saturday, September 13th
The steering mechanism was broken and the crew could not use either wheel or emergency wheel
Since then, people said that they had to hit the whales with firecrackers or underwater weapons. However, compassionate young crew gave importance to the welfare of animals.
“ We do not want to harm Orcas, ” he insisted.
It was the size of the whales that hit Elise. At the beginning of that week, they saw the dolphins swimming near the Gulf of Biscay.
“ `Dolphins every time we see, we were afraid that there may be Orcas, ” he said.
But when we saw Orca, we were quite surprised by its width and length. It was quite big … Actually, it is not surprising that they dipped boats, because they are big animals. ‘
The crew witnessed the sinking of Oceanview tourist boat, about 500 meters away.
When they tried to fix their sailboat boats against one, maybe two six -meter orc, Oceanview was attacked by ‘five or six’.
Elise, “ This, only one or two instead of attacking at the same time with many Orcas this seems quite different, ” he said. ‘And I can’t imagine that your boat or the fact that your boat really sinks.’
Oceanview sinks under the waves after being attacked by the murderers
The ship was sailing on the shores of Telha Beach in the font in Portugal last Saturday
The group could only watch when Oceanview sinking. The crew of five people was rescued and they say good, but it was a shock to watch the nearby boat disappear under the waves.
“ We called them on the emergency radio and heard that the Coast Guard could not come to us because the other boat was taking so much water that it needs to be prioritized.
So we were just paying attention to the other boat and trying to correct our steering mechanism.
‘Shortly after, maybe about 10-15 minutes, the other boat, we were trying to find it, but we could only see the water stopped, so it was completely sinking.’
Tourists on the OceanView ship were rescued. Elise says the captain speaks with the other boat and that there are a few tourists who rented Oceanview and that they are good. The owner was good.
“He didn’t have an emotional love for the boat,” he said.
In the end, Nova screw crew was able to establish emergencies and exploded enough to take them to Cascais to Cascais.
It was two or three hours before they could start using the steering wheel normally or before the emergency.
In an Orcas pod attack, the group was on the banks of Lisbon
A rib from the Coast Guard to provide support
Nova Vida will need a few weeks without sailing again
He watched a rib from the Coast Guard to provide support.
Nova Vida will need a few weeks of repair without being ready to sail again, but did not deter him from the search for traveling together.
The group set out from Norway in August, and when the boats hit a dune near Fatuhiva, Kiel, Germany, it almost bumped.
While waiting for repairs, a thoughtful group of men in Nova Vida asked if they wanted to join them for a sail on the Bay of Biscay.
Soon, they hope that if the boats work again on time for their next adventures in Atlantic.
