collision video: Ady Gil vs Japanese vessel

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  1. ken1784

    ken1784 SuperMID designer

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    My feeling is somewhat different.
    I believe a ship can't go straight on such stormy weather.
    Seeing the first video, I think it is impossible to ram into Ady Gil by the Japanese vessel on such a wide angle.
    To aviod the collision, I believe it is easy to throttle in reverse by Ady Gil because she was idling.
    My feeling is the Sea Shepard people are reckless.

    Ken@Japan
     
    #21 ken1784, Jan 10, 2010
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    JimN Let the games begin!

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    I suppose a couple hundred years ago these people would be attacking the slave ships crossing the Atlantic. Unless that ship was a Royal Navy submarine flying a pirate flag pretty much identifies which side they're on.

    Maybe they should buy some surplus submarines so they can do some real damage.
     
    #22 JimN, Jan 10, 2010
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    It's funny seeing people get all up in arms about the "right" and "wrong" of this particular incident (and other)...

    The world's 2nd-largest economy doesn't need to hunt an endangered species for food - so they deserve to be f*cked with.
     
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    Hi All,

    Looks to me that the spray from the high pressure hose made it difficult for the Ady Gil to see where the whaling vessel was and was going. So, I say the wahling vessel is complicent in the collisions. And if the Ady Gil did throttle up, it could have easily been due to lack of true situational awareness CAUSED by the high pressure hose.
     
    #24 donee, Jan 17, 2010
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