Boat skipper shares details of two-hour orca encounter which sank his yacht off Spain

Robert Powell and his crew were five miles off the Spanish coast in 40m of water when orcas disabled the yacht's rudder before ramming the hull, causing it to crack; the boat sank shortly afterwards

The orcas initially targeted the rudder before moving on to the keel and then the hull of the boat. This resulted in a cracked hull and the yacht eventually sunk. Credit: Robert Powell

Robert Powell, the skipper of the Beneteau 393 Clipper, Bonhomme William, had researched details of any orca...