On 1/6/2010 12:24 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> Japanese whaling ship hits Sea Shepard speedboat,
>> causing major damage.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...rticle-1237983
>>
>> Predictably, Sea Shepard is claiming they were delibrately rammed.
>> But this boat of theirs was capable of 50 knots. It's way
>> faster than a ship. It's so fast that they can put themselves
>> in a position for a collision, take a still picture, and a ship
>> has too much momentum to prevent it. The Japanese say the
>> video exonerates them of delibrately ramming the speedboat.
>
> 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.

Aye! Tis the law of the sea, the small boat has to get out of the way of
the big boat. I've spent some time on the briny blue* and anybody that
has their sea legs will tell you that this is true.


*nearly 20 minutes!