Tried to ram: Kitts-killers surrounded and attacked a yacht during a race (video)
The video shows how the animals were circling around the yacht and then attacked. The sailors tried to scare them away, knocking on the corps, but it just got the killer, and they began to behave more aggressively. "It was a terrible moment. Three kilts came straight to us and started to beat the steering wheel. Impressive to see the spys, beautiful animals, but it was a dangerous moment for us as a team.
We cleaned sails and slowed the course of the vessel as soon as possible, and fortunately After a few attacks, they sailed, " - said the incident Jelmer van Bal, a skipper of the Jajo team. The Jajo team ranked second in the VO65 class in the ocean race, when the incident occurred, but after meeting with the killer they dropped to fourth place. However, by the end of the day, the group returned to second place.
The ocean regatta, founded in 1973, is a six -month racing of yachts that cover 32,000 sea miles and pass through nine international cities. This year, the competitions began in Alicante, Spain, and will end at the end of June in Genoa, Italy. Earlier, Focus wrote that the killes were torn into parts of the yacht near the Spanish coast. Some speak in the spirit that the wounded female decided to take revenge on people and taught it others.