Mark Thorson wrote:

> I just saw the video, and it looks to me
> that the Japanese are correct. The speedboat
> moves quickly into the path of the ship, then
> comes to a complete stop just before the
> collision. It looks totally staged by the
> people on the speedboat.

I previously saw the video taken by the save the whale people and in
both videos it looks very clearly as if the whaler turned toward the
other board. It was surprisingly manouverable because it is apparent in
both that after the collision it quickly turned int he opposite direction.