It’s not unheard of.
Summary of a maritime classic, “Survive the Savage Sea.” This happened in the Pacific, not Atlantic.
“In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible. In an inflatable rubber raft, with a 9 foot fiberglass dinghy to tow it, Dougal Robertson and his family were miles from any shipping lanes. They had emergency rations for only three days and no maps, compass, or instruments of any kind. After their raft sank under them, they crammed themselves into their tiny dinghy.”
Their boat was wood, and the whales stove it in. My boat is 3/16” steel, and they will just get a headache.
A couple of buddies and I went out bottom fishing in his 20 foot ski boat when one breached right beside our boat in Cresent City harbor. Makes you realize your not at the top of the chain on the Pacific ocean.
I remember reading that book. I think they saw one of the killer whales with a divot out of its head where it had rammed the keel in the attack. Them fish meant business.
I thought about your steel hulled boat when I read this article a couple days ago here on FR. I should have pinged you.
“and no one knows why” I do. They hit an Orca when it was sleeping and they all got really pissed.
“My boat is 3/16” steel, and they will just get a headache.”
A disproportionate response. Unfair to the whales.
Chuckles, my first thought was steel hull sail boats are the way to go.