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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Boat is Sinking...

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Clashes using hand-thrown stink bombs, ropes meant to tangle propellers and high-tech sound equipment have been common in recent years
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Why that's a really constructive way to try to solve the problem. Idiots. :banghead:
 
Here is further info right from there site

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Japanese Whalers Ram Sea Shepherd Ship Ady Gil

Famed Catamaran is sinking in the Southern Ocean
Six crewmembers Rescued by the Sea Shepherd Ship Bob Barker
In an unprovoked attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed and caused catastrophic damage to the Sea Shepherd catamaran Ady Gil.
Six crew crewmembers, four from New Zealand, one from Australia, and one from the Netherlands were immediately rescued by the crew of the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker. None of the crew Ady Gil crew were injured.
The Ady Gil is believed to be sinking and chances of salvage are very grim.
According to eyewitness Captain Chuck Swift on the Bob Barker, the attack happened while the vessels were dead in the water. The Shonan Maru No. 2 suddenly started up and deliberately rammed the Ady Gil ripping eight feet of the bow of the vessel completely off. According to Captain Swift, the vessel does not look like it will be saved.
“The Japanese whalers have now escalated this conflict very violently,” said Captain Paul Watson. “If they think that our remaining two ships will retreat from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in the face of their extremism, they will be mistaken. We now have a real whale war on our hands now and we have no intention of retreating.”
Captain Paul Watson onboard the Steve Irwin is racing towards the area at 16 knots but still remains some five hundred miles to the north. The Bob Barker has temporarily stopped the pursuit of the Nisshin Maru to rescue the crew of the Ady Gil. The Japanese ships initially refused to acknowledge the May Day distress of the Ady Gil, but ultimately did acknowledge the call. Despite acknowledging the call, they did not offer to assist the Ady Gil or the Bob Barker in any way.
 
I don't know if he said he was on it, I thought he was just a supporter.
 
They are safe.

Man, that was a nice ship. Hard to believe its gone. I hope they make some more of that thing.


Bill
 
tigisfat said:
I don't know if he said he was on it, I thought he was just a supporter.
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Okay. It was late when I came across the news report and noticed he hasn't posted since Christmas Eve.
I probably misunderstood that when he posted info on that boat a couple months ago.
 
Hi,

See the video.
Don't seen any deliberate attack from the japanese ship.
He was sailing on a straight course and the other small boat take a collision course and cut the way of the japanese ship.
They must have misscomputed the speed of the fishing boat !
Toughs of a merchant navy officer :)
 
I don't really care who is right or wrong in this incident, we have another forum place set aside to discuss that.
The concern here is about the possible whereabouts and well being of one of our own members of the SOH community.

So let's keep it that way, please. :wavey:
 
Thanks for the information, Toastmaker. I appreciate it.

Since the crew was successfully rescued and it looks like Wombat isn't there anyway, I think it would be safe to close this thread. Thanks.
 
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Photographed by me in Oslo during its 2007 record attempt.

Sad to see this otherwise cool thing being misused for such actions. I hope my dad's employer doesn't sponsor the boat and owner anymore, unlike during the record attempt.
 
On the above photo, I see now (I think) what those fins are on the top. Those appear to actually be stacks for the engines. I had thought they were Batman type rudders that were either for looks or cutting through the huge waves out at sea.

What a radical design. I hope they get a fleet of those things going.



Bill
 
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well to me looks like the sea sheperd lot got infront of the boat, which tried to evade, if you notice it turns away from the Ady and clips the front. I think they should count themselfs lucky the japense are only useing water cannons, turn the situation round, with americans waleing and japense protesting, the japs would be blown out of the water with full force :monkies:
 
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