Twin 540HP, it is enough for you?

looks like the anti whaling boat was under power at the time doesnt that mean they have to give way to the larger ship as they turn much faster than the whaling ship along the lines of power giving way to sail. As far as i know the japanese are very careful about staying in international waters thats why Aus govt wont send warships. As far as i know there are 15 nations that allow whaling not just japan i dont see why if they keep to the species (basically minke) that are not rare why they cant whale i dont eat it but who am i to say they cant the french eat horse cantonese eat cat mid eatsern countries eat camel we eat skippy tell me the difference. I dont think anybody calls for hunting to extinction. :confused:

PS even the US allows native fisherman to hunt whales.

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Originally Posted by subasurf

Because I CANNOT stand activist hippy scum.

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I pity you.

in a shoping center the other day i was asked to help save the whales

i told them to play at the japs game and start hunting them for sience

for some reson they left me alone after that

be able to

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Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

PS even the US allows native fisherman to hunt whales.

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Yes and we allow native hunting of protected species too. Does this mean they should use high powered weapons and off-road vehicles or power boats?

Also Japanese whaling is not even pretending to be for traditional reasons only for "scientific research".

I also don't agree with the approach of these protestors or the government to this issue. Whaling is wrong and the Japanese fleet should be shut down but antics like we see from these protestor's ships doesn't help anyone.

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If you had a steel hulled whaling ship coming towards you whilst your in a fibreglass hulled powerboat, you hand is on the throttle and wheel, what would your self preservative reaction be? IMHO I'd try and floor it and make evasive actions to avoid the collision

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Dobbo I've driven lots of different boats around the ocean over the last 20 years and it's plainly obvious to me that the peanut butter pirates caused that PR collision.

I don't condone whaling at all, but deliberately causing collisions that may endanger lives if something goes wrong (Morse cables break, sudden fuel blockages, etc, etc, etc, etc) is REALLY wrong. I have nearly been run down by a 60ft pilot launch at sea accidentally, no more than 2 secs in it and it was not a good feeling.

Even the lefty fashion statement newspaper 'The Age' says:

'Video footage released by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research last night showed the Ady Gil gradually increasing in speed into the path of the Japanese ship, countering the Sea Shepherd claim that the Ady Gil was not moving when it was hit'.

No 'appeared to' or 'apparently'.

cheers, DL

I wonder how much dieso the "ady gil" just deposited into that "pristine marine environment"??????

If the anti-whalers are really trying to sink a steel hulled ship built for the southern ocean I somehow think a lightweight carbon fibre match stick was the wrong tool for the job... maybe they need to get a big barge and put a dozen Counties on the deck with zuzu's running PTOs to a big prop... would be an unbreakable battering ram!

I think the Japanese win this PR round (the whole shebang really is PR smoke and mirrors) - and they dont even give a rats what the world thinks...

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I wonder how much dieso the "ady gil" just deposited into that "pristine marine environment"??????

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The peanut butter pirates claimed the floating batmobile was low on fuel and drifting when 'rammed'.

Later they said they were salvaging what they could including 400l of fuel.

They have no cred as far as I'm concerned.

cheers, DL

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... i dont see why if they keep to the species (basically minke) that are not rare why they cant whale i dont eat it but who am i to say they cant the french eat horse cantonese eat cat mid eatsern countries eat camel we eat skippy tell me the difference.

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To me the biggest difference is that whales are very intelligent. It is the same as eating dolphin or chimpanzee as far as I am concerned.

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Later they said they were salvaging what they could including 400l of fuel.

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I am pretty sure it runs on bio. Which (usually) breaks down much more readily than dino diesel. 400L isn't much for a vessel that size.

I'm no expert, but this looks pretty damning to me.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rar9zxH1kts"]YouTube- Ady Gil Being Rammed, View From Bob Barker[/ame]

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I'm no expert, but this looks pretty damning to me.

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Mate the batmobile accelerates that quick to get its nose under the bow the Japs can't keep the water cannon it. Look again.

cheers, DL