Bare Facts: Male ~ Born est.1964 ~ Mother Sophia ~ Father Unknown ~ Children Skuna ~ ID Fin curving forward; very round, straight tip; slight finger mark on saddle
Cracroft is the oldest of the three brothers, born in 1964 to Sophia (probably). His fin, like a lot of the older males', is bending slightly forward, which is the easiest way to distinguish him from the other brothers.
While the three brothers are usually consistently together, Cracroft sometimes wanders off, and the other two wait until he comes back. It usually doesn't last long, though!
Cracroft is also a proven dad! After genetic testing on (some) whales, it was found that Cracroft had a kid, Skuna (I42).
Cracroft, like all the boys, is fairly well known and fondly thought of. Cracroft has the most distinctive fin of the three. And he's been adopted by a kayaking company called WeGoKayaking.
Because Cracroft is the oldest, he has the honour of having the porpoise incident described on HIS page.
The by-now famous porpoise incident occured near the end of the 2004 Orca-Live season. It also had a prominent part in the highlights.
It was rather grey and stormy out (ooh, dramatic) when the three brothers appeared and started porpoising through the water. It soon became clear that they were chasing a small Dall's porpoise-very unusual, considering they're all residents, and therefore don't eat porpoises. In fact, porpoises sometimes play in the orca's wake. So what was going on?
The three brothers caught up to the porpoise and started charging at it, swerving around and surrounding it until the little thing got out of the circle of three and dashed off again.
And the chase resumed.
This went on for quite a while, with the three boys catching up to the porpoise quite a few times and the porpoise being pushed around (it seemed). Once it even broke the surface in what was clearly not a jump.
Finally, the brothers either tired out or lost interest, and they slowed down and cruised away, while the poor, frazzled porpoise dashed off, joined some friends and zipped FAR away from the boys. It seemed unhurt.

For a whole photo album on the porpoise incident, see the A36s' main page.