Twin 540HP, it is enough for you?

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I doubt any Australian judical board will even consider looking at this. Maybe a political inquiry but not a court based one, I am told that the AG had been trying to foul the whalers prop and rudder by draging a cable under her hull to do this they have to get very very close so close they would be braking the rules maybe they got to close, lets be real barring catustrophic failure of both engines there should be no way the whaler could ram the AG even on 1 engine they could out run and turn the whaler:)

PS did someone say the MS2 was at high speed? whats her top speed compared to the AG?

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PS did someone say the MS2 was at high speed? whats her top speed compared to the AG?

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12 knots top speed according to this:
Shonan Maru 2

Earthrace's top speed was 40knots. Though I doubt the AG would have been set up for that.
http://www.earthrace.net/index.php'section=18
However its top speed is irrelevant, only its acceleration and manouverability - since the SM2 was steaming flat out and the AG was stationary at the start of the vids/scenario.

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12 knots top speed according to this:
Shonan Maru 2
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i think everyone is underestimating the maneuverability of the shonan Maru , for there size thay can turn on a dime, not being very long and with short blisters, thay resemble more like a ball underneath.

if i was to say they tend to spin rather than turn, if that makes sense.

and remember thy are built to chase whales

Just watching a further news report on this ...the AG has taken on too much water and sunk whilst being towed to a French land base.
Interesting thing is they said it was NOT insured.
Valued at $2 m and not insured?

Cheers
Mick

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Just watching a further news report on this ...the AG has taken on too much water and sunk whilst being towed to a French land base.
Interesting thing is they said it was NOT insured.
Valued at $2 m and not insured?

Cheers
Mick

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Which insurance company in their right mind would insure it when they knew its intended use???

They recently had a boad confiscated (permanently) by the canadian authorities.

It's not like they can claim an A1 rating :D

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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!

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Could you imagine the size of the barge to float dozen scrap iron engines :angel: I would imagnine it would end up next to the AG.... :wasntme:


Sea shepard should think laterally. Could they scare the whales away before the japs get to them??


Ben

if you search a little on youtube for more vids, you will see a longer vid showing that the AG manouvered across the bow of the SM2 from left to right about 2 minutes before this incident, it then sat stationary in the water in front and to the right, so was an obvious chicken game in my view. in my limited knowledge of maritime, i see both skippers at cause.
as some have said, the japs should be put stop on whaling. just not sure if it can be done by sacrificing a unique boat like this.

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Sea shepard should think laterally. Could they scare the whales away before the japs get to them??


Ben

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the whales go down then back up, they don't actually swim along like normal fish for very long. with sonar the can position the harpoon ships dam close to where they will pop up