Posted on 01/16/2011 4:11:55 PM PST by Dengar01
Riding a Storm in Pursuit of a Black-Hearted Sun
It is Day Seventeen since finding the Japanese whaling fleet, and it is a wee bit uncomfortable today after the whaling fleet supply vessel Sun Laurel decided to lead us into a storm to try and shake the Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin off its tail.
We are now over 300 miles north of the Antarctic Treaty Zone Boundary and the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary as the Sun Laurel wanders northward and eastward hoping to unload her cargo of heavy fuel for the Nisshin Maru and diesel fuel for the harpoon vessels.
It is mystifying why the Korean captain thinks he can lose us in a storm. The Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin are far superior sea vessels than this tanker and the rolling of the supply ship has to be uncomfortable for her crew, far more uncomfortable than for the Sea Shepherd crews.
Behind the two Sea Shepherd ships in plain sight are the Yushin Maru # 1 and Yushin Maru #2. Both of them are more than a day's steaming from the whaling grounds, and if they are not on the whaling grounds, they are not killing whales.
The Gojira continues to hunt for the Nisshin Maru and the Yushin Maru #3. Captain Paul Watson has decided that the most effective tactic that can be implemented is to cut the Nisshin Maru off from her supplies. The Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin will be able to pursue the Sun Laurel for longer than the Nisshin Maru can survive without fuel.
The Nisshin Maru has four choices now: (1) quit whaling and return to Japan, (2) attempt to refuel with the Sun Laurel, (3) go to a distant port to refuel, or (4) find another tanker somewhere to refuel them and hope they are not discovered before they do so.
Option two will put them into a direct confrontation with the Sea Shepherd ships. Options three and four will cost them weeks of time.
Yesterday, the crew of the Steve Irwin were accompanied by a large pod of pilot whales.
The crews of both the Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin are in high spirits as this pursuit continues.
On a lighter note I am going to be having the time of my life next Sunday when I freeze to death watching MY BEARS beat the Green Bay Slackers!!! Julius Peppers will HARPOON Aaron Rodgers!!!!!
Go Bears!!!
Uh, because the crew of his ship isn't a bunch of dope smoking, gerbil humping granola eaters who couldn't navigate the wading pool?
Sink the Sea Shepard and kill everyone on it!!!!
Where is the barf alert?
I hate these meddling bastards.
The ecelebration of violent stategies for the purpose of ending foreign political policies - oh wait, isn’t that the definition of terrorism?
Riding high after watching your Bears muddle through a playoff win against a 7-9 team that looked like Hasselback and a pack of back ups?
Go Pack.
“heavy fuel for the Nisshin Maru and diesel fuel for the...”
So the whale-huggers are out there saving cetaceans by burning fossil fuels, and are warming the planet, raising the sea level, flooding tropical islands and killing polar bears?
Zero sum.
I’m pulling for the eco-wackos here..... Which I hardly ever do. Leave those whales alone!
I love watching Douche Wars on Animal Planet because there are two sides to root against. The whalers and the Sea Shepherd idiots need to collide and all sink to the bottom of the ocean... but only after providing us with one more season of comedy. They’re like the Keystone Kops on the high seas. Then again, I think the Keystone Kops believed in showering, so...
Go Pack. The Hawks knocked off the NFL Champs. I think I'm going to stick with my Bears and it will be the best birthday present ever!!!
It will be cold but I will be there to watch DA BEARS win the NFC!!!
Go Pack Go...
LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who’s got the pic?
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