Sea Shepherd’s New Ship Smashed in Crash with Whalers
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 7, 2010 02:50 JST
- Tags: Accidents, Bizarre, Food, Marketing, Mass Media, Piracy, Video Gallery, Whaling
The latest development in eco-terrorist group Sea Shepherd’s campaign of piracy against Japan’s “scientific” whaling vessels is their new flagship vessel “sinking” after a spectacular collision with a whaling vessel.
Sea Shepherd’s latest acquisition was the Ady Gil, a former “eco-boat,” which with much fanfare they repurposed, its new mission being to sabotage Japan’s dubiously justified whaling operations.
However, a collision with the very ship they were targeting resulted in the ship’s bow being sheared off:
All 6 crew escaped without injury, with their stricken ship having to be abandoned – Sea Shepherd claim it is sinking.
The Japanese ship and crew were apparently unharmed.
Sea Shepherd claim their vessel was rammed in a deliberate effort by the whaling vessel to sink her (a claim which prompted Japan to release the above video), although they are silent as to how their highly maneuverable trimaran managed to end up in the path of the ship in the first place.
They also criticise the whalers for not coming to their aid, although another anti-whaling vessel is said to have accompanied them.
Their ship was apparently attempting to foul the propellers of the whaling ship using a rope, a technique of marine sabotage which generally requires a return to port to fix, at much reduced speeds:
They were also photographed shining a laser at the whaling ship, and readying a “projectile launcher”:
Although environmentalist groups and the international mass media generally fawn over their antics, which have included ramming, boarding and sabotaging ships in international waters, they are, unsurprisingly, generally regarded as little more than sanctimonious pirates by many Japanese, with 2ch gleefully rejoicing at their latest misfortune:
“Their ship looks so stupid I couldn’t help but laugh.”
“Serves those pirates right.”
“People are still going to blame Japan for this.”
“Quite an expensive gag they pulled there.”
“Wasn’t this the high speed ship they were bragging about?”
“It looks like a rejected idea from Batman.”
“The other side is saying the Japanese ship rammed them – a little hard to believe.”
“A taste of divine retribution for those Australian racists.”
“Marine terrorists ought to be arrested and punished.”
“They probably planned this from the start, with a ship to pick them up if they got into trouble.”
“If you look carefully, they’ve got a skull and crossbones on their ship. Pirates.”
“Japan’ll probably apologise anyway.”
“Just a performance to elicit more donations from their sponsors.”
“Isn’t the objective of these idiots just to play at sailors whilst raking in more money?”
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Those terrorist have a lot of money it seems, they can afford a new and more ridiculous boat with their piracy acts and donations from innocent animal lovers.
"please die a slow death to save the fishies"
Yes, and donations will be given to foreign countries as domestically a country dies.
Nature lovers should now be more aware that their donations can and WILL be spent to build expensive toys for big naughty children instead.
Not true.
The ship wasn't bough/built by them, it was leased to them from owner with very specific restrictions on it's use.
They paid 0$ for it.
THOSE FUCKERS JAPANESE RAMMED ON A HIGH CLASS SHIP I HOPE THEY GET SUED AND DIE TO DEAD FROM POVERTY
DIE WHALERS
hey stupid you want to explain to me how a 40 knot highly manuverable boat just happened to be in the way of a ship. I guess the sea shepard morons could'nt figure out the throttle quadrant. Maybe they didnt know how to start the engines
The japanese killed Batman
They should buy old fisher boats and use the money for torpedos to sink the damn whalers.
All problems solved.
they did actually.
their new ship was a former fishing boat.
they also was considering getting a sub awhile back.
They should buy old fisher boats and use the money for torpedos to sink the damn whalers.
All problems solved.
Everyone please comment to this New Zealand news article about the topic at the link below:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Shocked-whaling-protesters-plan-salvage-of-rammed-boat/tabid/423/articleID/136353/Default.aspx
fucken stupid aussies! the same story told the other way around...
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/it-was-hit-and-run-says-whale-protest-captain-20100107-lv7l.html?autostart=1
I haven't seen this show since the first season. When exactly did they lease a boat from Bruce Wayne, and what on earth are they using that missile launcher looking weapon for? I hope they weren't using that boat to throw stink bombs like in season 1, it would be a huge waste of horsepower.
You just can't wear a pirate flag when you do things like throw stink bombs and intentionally let your crew get captured to start international incidents.
apparently according to NHK news they did launch the stink bombs
you can also hear the distinctive sound weaponry going intended to give disadvantage to their enemy.
Its amusing that. Also have they not considered that they are doing something horribly illegal in any country to try and destroy another boat? Yea its in international waters but thats kinda like saying oh well this definetly illegal thing in the USA isn't illegal in canada so lets go do it there. If that made any sense I'm sleepy.
That ship was actually donated/leased to them by the owner on a very specific restrictions.
(like not using their fameous highexplosive magnetic mines powerful enough to ship whaling mothership, yes, hey were that hardcore in times).
Also epic lols at whalers spraying water cannon after crashing their ship.
This is nothing but a publicity stunt by these extremists. They're expecting people to believe a slow whaling ship is fast enough to ram into what was labeled as one of the fastest ship on water. Unless the whaling ship is capable of bending time and space, I really don't see this as possible without the eco-terrorists slowing down intentionally to get the ship damaged, so they can use it as a ruse to get on the international news to gain pity.
Jesus Christ!
The Japanese are using Spiral engines to hunt whales!
This drill will pierce through the blubber!
ITS FOR SCIENCE
No matter how fast your trimaran is, it must be purposefully steered to avoid collision if the other ship wants to ram you.
Now, the she shepherds weren't trying to avoid the crash, they were trying to make a point. The whalers did not stop or maneuvered around like proper people should, but rammed them.
obviously u know nothing of the seas. do u think with those waves u can manoeuvre easily? the shepherds should go astern and try to get out of a larger less manoeuvrability vessel, or get out of its way fast. but instead they edge a bit in front slowly moments before they collide.
Have you even driven a boat before, or you're just spouting nonsense because you support these eco-terrorists?
There's no such thing as stopping on water unless you drop anchor. Even if you do drop the anchor there's still leftover inertia due to the ship's initial generated momentum wich will keep the ship moving forward, and the anchor will keep dragging till the speed's slow enough for the inertia to wear off. By the time the inertia is gone, the ship WILL collide with whatever is in front of them if the other object stopped or slowed down in front. The conditions are no different to space, which is why astronauts train in pools on Earth.
Furthermore, it has been documented that these Sea Shepherds have been resorting to pirate tactics, where they will board ships and attack the vessel's crew members, and Sea Shepherd members are not ashamed to admit to that either, they freely admitted to these tactics to news reporters as well. If you're a crew member of that ship, I can guarantee you that you would not wish to stop in any manner due to these violent thugs, unless you wish for them to gleefully beat you senseless for their amusement.
At sea the larger vessel is the stand on ship, in other words it has the right of way. It is REQUIRED to stay on course and the smaller ship MUST adjust its heading and speed to safely pass. People shouldn't talk about shit they don't know.
I don't agree with the idea of ECO-Terrorism. But watch the video. . . Those pirates were running low speed (check out their tiny wake) and that whaling ship is going at least 3/4 speed. I think they thought the whaling ship would avoid them, but realistically, cutting their engine, or trying to reverse was a dumb move. Hit the crew with another jet of water as they passed by too. Those guys must have been really pissed being harassed as much as they were.
Actually I'm pretty sure the crew members fear for their lives as well, because the Sea Shepherds have resorted to violent tactics in the past before when they boarded ships that stopped or slowed down.
Serves those worthless saboteurs right.
Apparently the boat that was destroyed had a value of approx. 1,3 million dollars.
I guess they get all the money from celebrities who think they are doing something good for the world.
How nice of them.
They may be idiots, but at least somebody is doing somethign against the whalers. As much as I like Japan, hunting whales is one thing I despise.
They are hunting an unendangered species, pilot whales, and have strict quotas agreed to by an international fishing organization. It's not like they're whacking humpbacks and blues and grenade-fishing with nukes.
for america, a whale is a whale.
"and have strict quotas agreed to by an international fishing organization."
Bullshit, seriously...
The whales fishing is autorised only for science and research in Japan.
And, ho surprise, EVERY boat which kill whales are for research.
It's the same for the dolphin carnage.
How hypocrite...
"have strict quotas agreed to by an international fishing organization."
Total bullshit.
The whale fishing is only autorised for science or research.
And, holy shit, surprise ! EVERY boat which fish whales is for research !
The same for the total-carnage of dolphins.
"Hu ? We fish dolphin in Japan ? Really ?"
How hypocrite...
Last I heard they were also taking 10 Endangered Fin whales a year. (Almost as big as Blue whales) And a number of other threatened species, not just pilot whales.
Officially Japanese have been meaning to hunt down this year 935 minke whales (which isn't endangered) and 50 fin whales (which are actually considered threatened species).
Don't call bullshit on the fact that all the caught whales are used in research. The International Whaling Commission allowed the capture of whales for scientific purposes. They also allow for the whales to be sold to restaurants afterwards. Japan has produced an incredible number of research reports on whales since this agreement, and the IWC has acknowledged that the number of whales Japan has caught was indeed necessary to do said research. The hunting of endangered species of whales is also allowed in very small amounts, hence the 10 Fin Whales Anon :39 mentioned.
whales nuke hiroshima. can't blame them for having sand in their vag
I have an easy solution, but Japan would never agree to it. I'd allow Japan to shoot double the amount of whales they kill now - but ban all commercial use.
If they have to burn the whales instead of selling them for a nice profit I'm very sure scientific interests would suddenly disappear to everyones surprise.
@Schrobby: that's absolutely stupid. You're trying to say that there's scientific research because of commercialism, and that the scientific research is the justification for it. Using whales in commercial products and as food was established WAY before they had the agreement for the research.
Rather, this is a COMPROMISE they made. Even if you eliminate the scientific reserach, people will still hunt whales there because it's a livelihood. On the other hand, there's no reason for banning commercialism using whales. Not only does it hurt the economy power and status of Japan in the field, but it's also quite pointless since it will just be like prohibition in USA.
Your plan of solution is pretty pointless, too. Yes, scientific interest will leave, naturally, since you took away any possible method of them doing work there; they'll just go somewhere else. But you seem to think that there's some underlying goal of researchers in a way such that they have become the bad guys instead. You seem to have a skewed view of how things work.
Congrats on recognizing sarcasm champ.
This is kinda funny being I read this like 2 second after watching the South Park episode making fun of them about it. Personally, I could really care less about whales or dolphins. If one of them saves me from drowning or getting eaten by sharks, then sure I'll go Osama Bin Laden on the Japanese Emperor(since he's worthless anyways) and blow his ass to the rising sun. But 'til then, fight your own battle sea creatures.
TexasDude:
Research? What bloody research? I'm pretty much sure that:
A: The Whales are NOT liking the research
B: Has no "science" to it, as killing an animal (some of them endangered) is usually not required. Name another out in the wild animal that is routinely killed?
C: Why is the "research" generating a profit from the dead whales?
Call it as it is. BS. This is one of the things that makes Japan very UN-COOL.
Also - While my opinion about the Sea Shepherd is low. The video shows me that they were RAMMED on purpose.
Sure its a SPEED boat. But it was barely moving... check out the STRAIGHT wake. While the Japanese Whaling ship wake is curved.
Also, the Whaling ship caught up to them and turns.
Before making any further comments, have you eaten whale meat? Think before making your answer.
Hey... I love eating women, doesn't mean I have to kill them to do so.
er, okay - not quite the same thing.
Doesn't it seem strange that "research vessels" are built around fishing/slaughter equipment? They use a legal loophole to claim research while they hunt whales for sale. They're required to produce research reports to justify their hunting, which I assume contain no significant new developments or findings. I find it insulting that they'd be so smug and dishonest as to claim "research" so they can perform illegal acts. It's sort of like money laundering: the act takes place through what - on it's own - would be legitimate businesses, but they're using legal channels to cover illegal acts. It's a felony, but they conduct it under legit auspices.
I assure you that if they were not allowed to sell the products of their research, there would be a dramatic drop in whale "research".
I'd like to think that what these terrorist are doing is just... simply retarded.
I mean, if they want to stop whaling they can at least try to do something constructive, like, try to get them convicted or whatnot. I don't know really, but it has to be a better way than this.
I saw one episode of Whale Wars on tv recently.
To me it seemed like they didn't even care about the whales, rather, they wanted to mess with the whalers by destroying their ships and trolling their crew on the comm radio.
i highly agree but at the same time japan should reduce/stop lethal sampling.
You know the Japanese aren't going to be phased by any subtle means. Incredibly stubborn, prideful, chauvinistic assholes is what they are, just look at those 2ch comments. Remember what it took to change their mind about something, last time?
Well... I don't have much insight in this whole whales-are-an-endagered-species to tell if it is a really bad crime or not.
But to me it seems like the whales are in no way of being extincted because of the whalers, as for now.
I saw an episode of whale wars not long ago, it looked like those terrorists had forgotten about the whales they want to save so badly and got their joy out of trying to destroy the whaler ships and trolling the japanese crew on the comm radio. If they could at least try to do something constructive it might lead to somewhere.
Also, don't ask me what's constructive in this ..erm, war of whales, because I wouldn't know.
How very not nice.
I'll have to excuse my nagging, since I thought I had deleted that "Comment by Muridana
03:23 07/01/2010".
I don't know much about this issue, but what should the anti-whalers be doing to keep the whales in mind? The whalers kill whales, killing whales is bad, so fuck with the whalers. The premise seems sound.
10 species are extinct each day. 6 aren't due to any direct or indirect human actions. So what's the deal about being self-righteous and think that its natural to keep this creature or that creature alive. It is a natural order that some creatures will continue to exist and evolve while those that failed will perish. We are not apart from nature, we are a part for it.
and yet you dont see those petafags complaining about them. just the glorious god-like whales with their giant intellectual brains
I can't believe all you weeaboos are seriously defending Japan in this. Oh wait, that's why you're weeaboos. If Japan had a giant dick I bet you'd all line up and bend over to take it in the ass one by one.
That boat costs a million?
Looks like a retarded wooden boat, to me.
I bet they actually have to paddle the boat out in the sea.
But it's nice to know their "funding" came from your "donations". And their wrecked Bat Boat is now considered pollution if its resting at the seabed.
Save our seas...
bob barker donated $5 million