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Posted on 10/28/2010 7:04:18 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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Sink the sucker.
Will they be scuttling this one as well?
Can’t wait to see the vid of it sinking.
Holy Whale **it, Fatman! POW! EEECK! CRUNCH!
LOL. Does not look very USEFUL.
(Cue Klingon Opera Music)
A whale IUD?
Davy Jones can’t wait to open his locker for this one...
Some day when my children are scuba diving on the wreck they’ll be able to say “I remember watching this very ship get sunk on television.”
Rock breaks scissors and steel ships break plastic commie hippy pirate boats.
Let’s see how fast this one will sink.
Where’s the spud launcher?
It take a freaky class of boat like this to beat the world record set By the 1000 foot SS United States back in the 50’s.
I watched an episode where the engine temporarily stopped and the narrator said that in these seas, without a working motor, lives are at stake from not being able to maneuver the ship into the waves or to avoid icebergs and that calling the coast guard is not an option.
Then, on another episode, they were using these batman looking speed boats to drop a “fouling” line in the path of the Japanese ship to take out its propeller.
If they admit that lives are at risk without the ability to maneuver, then I am all in favor of the Japenese opening fire on these craft. Screw the water cannons and high pitched sound machines...kill these pirates before their actions kill you.
“Admiral Coco Puffs (Paul Watson) paints the flags of all the ships he sinks on the Steve Irwin. Of course most of them were under his command.”
I would like to see that crap hit with a 5” gun.
>> Rock breaks scissors and steel ships break plastic commie hippy pirate boats.
That’s a happy thought, but it won’t get that far.
A boat like that needs maintenance skillz. The hippies ain’t got ‘em.
I’ll bet dollars to whale-fat-fried-donuts that this thing never sees action.
And here it is back in its glory days. Notice the BP logo painted around the hull. Savor the irony.
Some interesting history from Wikipedia:
In December 2007 the Ocean 7 Adventurer was chartered to retrieve a demasted yacht, the IMOCA 60 Delta Dore from the Southern Ocean. The Delta Dore was partaking in the Barcelona World Race. The yacht skippered by Jérémie Beyou and Sidney Gavignet was at position 47°00 S 033° 25 E, nearly a thousand miles south east from South Africa, drifting slowly at between 1 and 2 knots east. An hour after the mast had collapsed backwards, it had to be cut free and dumped into the ocean, as it was likely to damage the hull. The yacht had 188 litres of diesel on board, but this was insufficient to motor back to the mainland. The Ocean 7 team were approached with regard to salvaging the yacht. Skippered by co-owner David de Villiers, the Ocean 7 Adventurer set sail for the Southern Ocean and after locating the yacht, it was taken in tow with a 200 m line. This rescue set a record for the longest tow in South African maritime history (850 nm).
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