[randog]

Exactly. As soon as one of these maggots comes over the side, a crewman should be waiting there with a 2x4.

I'd start boiling the oil as soon as I saw the "Rainbow Warrior" on the horizon. Which brings up another question--how exactly does one go about boarding a cargo ship? It's not like you can bang on the door on the side of the hull and yell "pizza guy!".

[Viking2002]

You know, that's an excellent question. Commercial seamen aren't exactly your latte-quaffing metrosexual types. I'm surprised that they got as far as they did, and I'm sure that there are a few crewmen that are chewing on their pillows at night, wishing they'd reacted differently.