BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The Ady Gil is hit and starting to sink. The Japanese sailors should then feel free to massacre the Sea Shepherd ecoterrorist crew so then do not disrupt their whaling. /sarc
The damaged trimaran powerboat.
Posted on 01/06/2010 4:39:29 AM PST by myknowledge
SYDNEY — A space-age powerboat sent to harass Japanese whalers was rammed and sliced in two in its very first clash on Wednesday, activists said, dramatically escalating hostilities in icy Antarctic seas.
The futuristic Ady Gil trimaran, which holds the round-the-world record and was enlisted by militant activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for this whaling season, received "catastrophic damage" and was sinking, they said.
All six crew, who earlier hurled stink bombs at the whalers to disrupt their annual hunt, were rescued unharmed by Sea Shepherd's Bob Barker ship. Activists described the attack as unprovoked and said it was captured on film.
"The Shonan Maru No. 2 suddenly started up and deliberately rammed the Ady Gil ripping eight feet (2.4 metres) of the bow of the vessel completely off," a Sea Shepherd statement said.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The Ady Gil is hit and starting to sink. The Japanese sailors should then feel free to massacre the Sea Shepherd ecoterrorist crew so then do not disrupt their whaling. /sarc
The damaged trimaran powerboat.
Saw this on the tube this morning. Was that some boat!
Lol...looks like something out of a cheap video game...
Wow, that is one cool looking boat......I mean, it was.
How fast can it be if it was run over by a fishing boat?
ROTFLMAO! I hope it sinks.
Reminds us of the Batboat.
Those Japanese whalers take their whaling seriously - to the point of insanity.
For the record, I think whaling should have stayed in the 19th Century.
That's good!
The Ady Gil’s hull is made of Kevlar and carbon fiber. The Shonan Maru did not need to go fast to ram it.
I guess the whaling boat have to be fast if they want to catch whales.
Terrorists going Hi Tech.
Skull and cross bones= pirate ship
Tell Elaine Benes I still love her!
I guess the old adage is still tru: Never bring a kife to a gun fight...
...even a really cool, sleek, futuristic-looking, carbon-fiber handled knife.
From, space age to stone age - just add Japanese.
F*** you, dolphin & whale!! (southpark reference)
Don't crash your cool little toys into the big boys' serious equipment. They're trying to work and be productive.
Oh, by they way: FAIL.
Thank you very much.
“Those Japanese whalers take their whaling seriously - to the point of insanity.”
What about the insanity of Greenpeace whackos that illegally board, disable and attack ships that are legally operating. The greens are little better than pirates and should be arrested and their ship impounded.
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