AFP/HO/File – This photo, taken on January 6 by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, shows the Sea Shepherd's
AFP/HO/File – This photo, taken on January 6 by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, shows the Sea Shepherd's
Things that make you go Hmmmmmmm. Who funds a “high-tech protest boat”?
Unsinkable? I work on boats and I suspect too much hubris in the design and not enough flotation pockets.
I have seen canoes cut in half that refuse to sink because of built in flotation such as being foam filled.
And this vessel was sent to one of the most dangerous parts on earth?
For whatever “save the whales” aspect this is surely stupidity clouding mens minds.
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Maybe Greenpeace should have named their boat the PT-109, it seems another skipper drove his boat out in front of the Japs during WW2.
The Whalers continue to own the protesters. Their tactic of chartering flights to scout out the location protesters’ ships was brilliant. What was even more brilliant was to send out the Shonan Maru 2 as a decoy for the protesters the chase around the empty sea for a couple of weeks.
Never bring fiber glass to a steel fight.
What complete moron builds a boat that looks like a whale and then uses it to annoy whalers?
More good news!
I wonder which boat was more maneuverable - the smaller faster boat?
If you play chicken with a whaler, you're the fool to expect them to flinch.
blub blub!
I guess the “Price Was Right”....................
This “Superboat” was a turkey, and it was sold to the insurance company. And if the insurance company pays a dime for this, their underwriters are imbeciles.
From the first launch of the Ady Gil, it was obvious that its engine was poorly designed and built, it had insufficient ventilation, structural defects, and a tendency to run into other sea craft. When it tried to circumnavigate the globe, it had one misfortune after another, even ramming a Guatemalan fishing boat killing three fishermen.
It was originally paid for with $2.5M in contributions by “eco-suckers”, yet if it sank, and the insurance company paid for it, the money would go to the ships owner.
The final straw can be seen in the video. The whaling fleet security ship is quite large and slow. The Ady Gil is faster and more maneuverable. At sea this means that the faster and more maneuverable ship *always* yields, for the logical reason that the slower and less maneuverable ship can’t.
Ergo, they sold the Ady Gil to the insurance company. It is New Zealand flagged, so this likely means a Lloyd’s Register of Shipping inspection (different from Lloyd’s of London Insurance), prior to whatever insurance.
How they passed that inspection is anyone’s guess. But the insurance company will go over it with a fine tooth comb.
It is amusing to me to see all these attacks which are just like the attacks by liberals on conservatives. Granted, these people are easy to mock, but their cause is just. The evidence here clearly shows that the huge Japanese ship crashed into the STOPPED small craft risking death to its crew and causing broken ribs injury to one of them. Why are you people cheering for the thugs? You are clearly on the wrong side here. I’m sure I am not alone in my opinion, but others may be reluctant to incur the abuse I will get for defending these people. Article was a fair article.
If they prevent the slaughter of one whale, who is the loser? Let the professional fisherman fish for something else. Let the Japanese eat cake.
“Steel meets composite plastic matrix. Steel wins.”
The exploits of these environmental wackos were shown on the tube recently........they got exactly what they deserved. Play with fire and you’re going to get burned.
Great news, thanks for posting. “Whale Wars” has been one of my favorite shows recently. It was very enjoyable watching the enviro-commies make all sorts of boasts about their capabilities and intentions, then watch them abjectly fail.
I laughed my butt off watching their horrified reaction to a whale harvetsing right before their very eyes. The South Park episode on the Sea Shepard’s failures was spot on, ha ha ha.