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On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:22:53 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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When a boat is overtaking you and ramming your port side, it is hard
to evade.
In the first video we are talking about a boat with perhaps 3 times
the speed capability that has been harassing the Japs for a month (by
your account) so evading the collision is not even an issue.
At a certain point they just followed the strict rules of the road and
let Newton decide the fate.
If this was a SW Florida shrimper they would have sunk all the Sea
Shepard boats by now, one way or another. Since we nuked them the Japs
have become too docile for their own good.
I still say, if they want to stop the whalers, go after the Japanese
companies that send these ships put. The sailors on the ships are just
poor schmucks who are trying to make a living during hard times.


Ummm.... the WW boat that was damaged was not overtaking, which is obvious
from the vid., so I'm not sure where you're getting that.

I think you're ranting. The rules need to be followed even if you don't
agree with them.


Did you look at the SECOND video I posted?
It was a much larger ship that came up from behind and scraped the
port side of the whaler.
That was one of those attacks I have been talking about intended to
tear up equipment.



Not talking about the second ship. That's got nothing to do with the first
one, which is what you've been yammering about.

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Nom=de=Plume