I finally get to see the Vid. The one at the start of this thread has been removed for one reason or another but still on you tube. I do the footage from the Bob Barker that appears to be a turn to stbd and may be....It could be down to two things, neither I would call deliberate intent to ram by the Jap skipper...
1) Footage from the Bob Barker is questionable moving back and forth accross the bow to give the illusion....The protestors are on a campaign after all and would not let the truth stand in the way of a good set up in their favor.
2) While some say the Jap skipper turned to stbd in an apparent attempt to ram the Gill....I would suggest there is enough eratic manouvering by the Gil, that the jap skipper considering a collision was on the cards, took the text book turn to stbd to avoid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9HlEFOk94
What is very obvious from this footage, looking at the increasing prop wash from the Andy Gil seconds before collision, is the Andy Gil deliberatly accelerating under the bow of the Jap ship..... IMO, suicide in the name of publicity.
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