Reply #41: Give me a bit of your professional opinion here

[jmowreader]

Does it seem to you like the Sea Shepherd people know how to drive ships on the high seas?

I really wonder about those guys. I watched that video and note the Bob Barker is on an intersecting course with the Japanese whaler. Does that make any sense to anyone?

Here's the Japanese statement: http://www.icrwhale.org/pdf/100206ReleaseYM.pdf

"On the early morning of February 6 the Bob Barker appeared in the vicinity of the whale research mother ship Nisshin Maru approaching dangerously from the stern up to a few dozen meters. The Bob Barker had been repeatedly firing a high-power green laser device against the Nisshin Maru crew until well past 1200JST.

"Thereafter the Yushin Maru No. 3 and other research vessels maneuvered to contain the Bob Barker and thus secure a safe distance between the Nisshin Maru and the antiwhaling ship. However, the Bob Barker suddenly approached from the Yushin Maru No. 3 port side launching a number of butyric acid-containing bottles and other projectiles. To avoid a collision the Yushin Maru No. 3 put hard to starboard but the Bob Barker starboard came into contact with the port stern of the research vessel. The Yushin Maru suffered minor damage to its hand rail and hull. The Bob Barker damage extent is unknown.

"After ramming the Yushin Maru No. 3, the Bob Barker activists made use of a large slingshot device to shoot a number of butyric acid-containing bottles against the Shonan Maru No. 2. While most of the projectiles landed in the sea, about 10 butyric-acid bottles hit the Shonan Maru No. 2’s deck. There were no injuries to the crews of the Japanese whale research vessels."

Also check http://www.icrwhale.org/eng/100206SS2.wmv and http://www.icrwhale.org/eng/100206SS.wmv.