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Posts: 223 (11/07/09 12:44:36) |
http://www.life.com/image/92774936/in-gallery/35982/superbad-antiwhaling-stealth-boat
I hope no one gets killed in that thing. Hopefully the boat comes with experienced crew. |
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Posts: 1988 (11/07/09 13:59:06) |
I hope no one gets killed in that thing...( and if they do, who will you blame? The japanese kllers or the victims?)
Hope no-one gets killed in those things the sealers go out in. Hope they have experienced crew. As to the Ady Gil, i believe the crew will be the same crew that went round the world in her in record time. I hope that counts for experience? Or do you mean experience in dodging the japanese whale killers? Im sure they will have more chance of surviving than the poor old whales, who obviously dont stand a chance against these deadly parasites.
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Posts: 224 (11/08/09 05:40:42) |
Well, Earth race has a top speed of 50 knots and cruises at 25 kts. That amount of speed in ice congested waters means accidents can happen with or without
Japanese interaction. But if the crew is experienced they won't take unnecessary chances hopefully. By experience I mean people who have actual marine
experience who understand and respect the dangers of conducting operations at sea. Some of those poor kids that go out with Seashepherd just seem so ignorant
to the dangers they could possibly face. I don't mean dodging "Japanese Whale Killers", I just mean working at sea in general. A lot of people
have been out in sail boats leaving a nice sheltered marina and think they are mariners. Its a whole lot different when you are hundreds of miles from land and
safety. Just speaking from experience I guess. Its kind of hard to understand what its like on the Grand Banks with winds over 100 knots (180 km/hr +) untill
you've been out there.
As for the fishermen who go out sealing they are usually experienced and have an understanding of the dangers they can possibly face. But there are always exceptions. I have seen some people out there in boats that looked like they were built in someones shed. More often than not they are sticking close to shore but once you untie the lines anything can happen regardless of how close to shore you are. |
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Posts: 225 (11/08/09 05:44:45) |
Is this the same guy that they renamed Earthrace for. Ady Gil. I was looking to see who he was and this article popped up.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=8364856 Sugar Daddy. 
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Posts: 3654 (11/08/09 07:41:51) |
You are right Vectra, you don't have to go far from shore to get in trouble and we all know at least one person that has drowned. I've been on fishery
patrols when I was in the Navy and there were times it crossed my mind if I would ever see land again. We had to do a few rescues out there as well, it's
amazing what SAR's will do. I recall a few times getting slammed by a wave and a few seconds later there'd be calls for help for people who got
injured. Life is less than fun out there so often and the smaller your boat the more miserable you're gonna be.
Sugar Daddy? Millionaire and dating web site? That fits right in there with Watson's sideshow of freaks. |
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Posts: 6 (11/08/09 10:10:50) |
Imaufo22 wrote:And yet the "save the whales" crowd is always pointing out how "intelligent" the whales are supposed to be. With all that intelligence, you'd think they'd be able to figure out "swim away from the boat with the big harpoon and the deadly parasites". |
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Posts: 1989 (11/08/09 17:16:56) |
Most of these whales would have never seen a whaling boat. Im sure the ones that have seen them before do their best to get away.
Heading out into the open ocean is dangerous, no doubt. The earthrace crew are those who sailed in her round the world i believe. So they should be just fine and will have a fair idea of what ice can do to their boat. Im sure joining up with SS for a voyage south has its inherant dangers. But young pople could easily hop in a car and drive at 150k as well, take drugs, catch aids, get too drunk and die from alcohol poisoning, catch aids, get hit by a bus...the list is endless. Im sure it crossed the minds of the Apolo 11 crew that they might never return home...ditto for anyone who went round the world with Captain Cook or climbed Mt Everest, ditto for anyone aboard the space shuttle. |
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Posts: 7 (11/09/09 19:56:05) |
Imaufo22 wrote: You'd think the more experienced ones would communicate the danger to the less experienced ones. According to the sea shepherd web site: "Whales are highly social beings and they have a complex form of communication with each other which can only be defined as language." Source: http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/the-intelligent-whale.html |
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Posts: 1991 (11/09/09 21:43:52) |
whales speak the language of love, not hate.
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Posts: 3660 (11/10/09 05:35:44) |
"whales speak the language of love, not hate."
In cartoons they do. Lalalalalalalala... |
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Posts: 1995 (11/10/09 14:54:02) |
Newfie...did you know that seal meat is damaging your brain?
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Posts: 3664 (11/10/09 15:51:48) |
Sorry imaufo, it's been many years since I have had any seal meat. Have you had your strangled lamb today?
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Posts: 1997 (11/10/09 22:52:17) |
No strangled lamb today newfie...though if i did I would feel safe in the knowledge that it wouldnt be killing off my brain cells.
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Posts: 2369 (11/11/09 03:44:09) |
Imaufo22 wrote: Now "If I only had a brain" (Wizard of OZ) 
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Posts: 2000 (11/11/09 03:53:08) |
Im sure newfie had one... once upon a time.
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Posts: 3666 (11/11/09 06:06:27) |
We's not that smart up here ya know. We have to pass around that brain to several people, by the time I get it for my turn it's all worn out for the
day.
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Posts: 2370 (11/11/09 06:33:53) |
Youse hade it lang e'nouf, now'es my turn old man! 
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Posts: 3670 (11/11/09 06:45:52) |
I tinks I might let you keep it, it's gettin' leaky.
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Posts: 2471 (12/09/09 02:03:41) |
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Posts: 2472 (12/09/09 02:07:31) |
BTW where is the Ady Gil now, last i heard it was on the way to the southern ocean and had to return due to safety issues?
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Posts: 2473 (12/09/09 02:18:38) |
I wonder what animal is sacrificing it's life to save a whale?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14227765/ns/us_news-environment/ "Biodiesel also smells better. "Certainly more palatable than diesel," Bethune says of the exhaust from his boat's two huge engines. Most of the time. Some biodiesel is made from animal fat, producing what the crew describes as a rank slaughterhouse smell. But most is made from soybeans, for a smell the sailors liken to "fish and chips with a bit of diesel." |
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