Fail: Sea Shepherd

[Tank]

I hear that next, Greenpeace will be protesting the contribution of motor sports to Global warming, by standing with placards at the sides of race tracks (and occasionally running out (or pretending to) in front of the vehicles).

or shit like this: http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/froz...0902-f7dq.html

Grennies and lefties - fuck 'em all I say.

[davereid]

The Sea Shepherd organisation rammed and sunk some Scandinavian Whalers a few years back, this is an old game for them. I heard that Norway responded by declaring them a terrorist organisation, and allowing the Norwegian Navy to sink them on sight, although I have googled it and cant find a reference...

This may well explain why they are now inactive against Norweigian Whalers, and target only the japanese.

[CookMySock]

The bottom line is, they were there to pick a fight and they got one. Boo hoo hoo.

Steve

[captain_andrey]

Hate these pricks for making the price of whale meat go up.

[Flip]

Good on the protesters for getting out there ans doing some thing positive.

I do question what the Capitan of earth race was doing putting his boat and crew at risk by parking his launch in front of a ship. Seems like attempted motor launch suicide to me.

I do believe after seeing the video the launch was playing chicken with the boat and made a miscalculation and got too close.

[Maki]

Looking at the wake from the wailng ship, seen at the end of the video it is clear that the Japanese were turning left, away from the pirates. The pirates rammed them anyway, proving they did so on porpoise. My congratulations to the Japanese for destroying another piratical anti wailing worship! Now, where can I get some juicy wail steaks!?

[CookMySock]

Looking at the wake from the wailng ship, seen at the end of the video it is clear that the Japanese were turning left, away from the pirates. The pirates rammed them anyway, proving they did so on porpoise.

Yup, but going by the hardcord dash for the helm, I'd say they didn't realise until the last second that there would be contact, and I'd also venture a guess they couldn't see a damn thing with the water cannon in their faces - imagine the surprise when they discovered they were a lot closer than they thought. Ooops. Add to that, the rough sea swinging their bow over unannounced.

Steve

[sAsLEX]

Hate these pricks for making the price of whale meat go up.

Ummm the Japanese are not whaling for meat but Cetacean Research.............

[Jantar]

Ummm the Japanese are not whaling for meat but Cetacean Research.............

[Hitcher]

I have some sympathy the aims of Greenpeace if rather less for the actual GreenPeace activists.

I, on the other hand, have little time for faceless multinational NGOs that I, as a citizen of New Zealand, have no ability to influence. Greenpeace, WWF and others are not membership-driven organisations. They are franchises controlled by the same big businesses that hippies love to hate. I give them full marks for irony. What do Keisha Castle-Hughes and Lucy Lawless know about climate change or the sustainable management of ocean-dwelling mammals?

[Skyryder]

Ummm the Japanese are not whaling for meat but Cetacean Research.............

and the effect upon the tast buds.


Skyryder

[LBD]

The rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...one_another.29

I can't find the clause, but there should be one which goes along the lines of "Pleasure gives way to commerce". But that's probably not included in the rules for commercial shipping.



If you consider the last bit of the video taken from the Japanese ship you'll find it difficult to see the wake from the larger ship. This would suggest that they have been turning to port, i.e. away from the Ady Gil. As such it would appear that the Ady Gil, as would be expected considering the relative manoeuvrability of the vessels, was the instigator of the collision.

There is only one set of rules all things that float must comply with........International Maritine Organisation (IMO)...Collision Regulations or Colregs as they are known...There are no exceptions to the rules therein Even if you are the stand on vessel ie the "Andy Gil" You must still take action to avoid collision....and the Andy Gil can do 40 kts.

[Ronin]

It looks to me as if the Jap ship was turning to starboard and caused the crash. The Biofuel hippys put their boat into gear and although it is hard to tell were also tuning to starboard to try an minimise the impact.

Mind you, if I was the skipper of the jap boat and some twat was firing projectiles at and attempting to foul my prop, I would have been starboard down before that and taken him amidships.

The ocean is one place where you don't screw around. Wouldn't shed a tear if the ecomentalists all went under.

[Maha]

It looks to me as if the Jap ship was turning to starboard and caused the crash. The Biofuel hippys put their boat into gear and although it is hard to tell were also tuning to starboard to try an minimise the impact.

Mind you, if I was the skipper of the jap boat and some twat was firing projectiles at and attempting to foul my prop, I would have been starboard down before that and taken him amidships.

The ocean is one place where you don't screw around. Wouldn't shed a tear if the ecomentalists all went under.

It certainly looks that way from one angle but heres a thought, if you see a much larger ship/boat heading your way and an impact looks likely, wouldn't you do all you could to avoid it?
Those idiots (though they are doing what they think is right, and it probably is) have collided before with Whaling ships, what they affectively done here is, fuck a perfectly good and unique ocean going craft.
Its my view that, both have wronged in this case.

[Flip]

Just found this.

The japs ran them down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAl9...eature=related