A group of orcas sank a charter boat in the Strait of Gibraltar in a 45-minute attack last week. All the passengers and crew on the boat, a 45-foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey sailboat, were rescued before it sank off the coast of Morocco. This was the fourth time in two  years that orcas have sunk a boat in the area. A pod of orcas, or killer whales, “hit the steering fin for 45 minutes, causing major damage and leakage,” Morskie Mile, a Polish tourist agency that operates the boat, posted on Facebook. The boat, named Grazie Mamma, was westbound in…

A pod of seven orcas sank a 40-foot French sailboat off Portugal as few days ago by ripping a hole in the hull and swimming off with the rudder. The crew of four had to abandon ship in their life raft. They were rescued by a nearby boat and a Portuguese life-saving vessel. The men said the orcas attacked their boat for about 45 minutes before it sank. They said the orcas circled the boat, named Smousse, and at first just bumped it. They said the orcas then attacked so fiercely that they shook the boat until they heard a…