Are Some Boats More Vulnerable To Orca Attacks?

When Iberian orcas attack a sailboat, they go for the rudder, not the hull. The boat is still floating — it just can't steer, and that's how an orca interaction turns into a sinking. This is a design question at the stern: why spade rudders leave so much steering in one reachable blade, why a "protected" skeg rudder can push the force into the hull instead — as it did on the Moody 66 — and how a lost rudder lets water flood in from behind the last bulkhead. The GTOA records point at medium monohull sailboats, but 72% is what shows up in the data, not proof of what an orca prefers. Support the Expedition: https://ko-fi.com/oceanobscura Subscribe for more deep-sea documentaries:    / @oceanobscura   00:00 The Part Outside the Boat 01:24 The Numbers Point at Sailboats 02:44 The Missing Number 03:44 One Blade Outside the Hull 05:00 When Protection Moves the Damage 06:09 Two Contact Points 07:03 No Blade 08:09 How Steering Turns Into Flooding 09:30 The Condition Nobody Built Around 11:21 Subscribe! #Orcas #IberianOrcas #Sailboats #OrcaAttacks #KillerWhales