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2011-12-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Sea Shepherd anti-whaling ship severely damaged by wave

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-12-29 11:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Poor shiphandling in a vessel not designed for those seas.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-29 12:59|| 2011-12-29 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Poor shiphandling to take a vessel "not designed for those seas" into those, uh, seas...

Posted by M. Murcek 2011-12-29 13:03|| 2011-12-29 13:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Awwwwwww, ain't that just too bad....

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-29 13:39|| 2011-12-29 13:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Origins of the 'MV Brigitte Bardot' here.

Ship was originally designed for racing apparently. MM is correct that it doesn't belong in these waters.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2011-12-29 14:26|| 2011-12-29 14:26|| Front Page Top

#5 activist group Sea Shepherd has reported that its scout vessel Brigitte Bardot

Maybe these guys are not all bad.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-29 14:35|| 2011-12-29 14:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll bet they hit a whale and are too embarrassed to admit it.

Posted by Hellfish 2011-12-29 14:37|| 2011-12-29 14:37|| Front Page Top

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2011-12-29 15:24|| 2011-12-29 15:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Nemesis: Divine retribution delivered in the person of an appropriate agent.

Posted by mojo 2011-12-29 16:22|| 2011-12-29 16:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Poor shiphandling to take a vessel "not designed for those seas" into those, uh, seas...

Well, yes. Still, there are also ways to reduce the sea effects.

Sea Shepherd has long had a reputation for less than stellar seamanship; even recently utilizing the services of a former USN officer hasn't helped much.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-29 21:44|| 2011-12-29 21:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, I'm not criticizing, Pappy, you nailed it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2011-12-29 22:06|| 2011-12-29 22:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Watson is not a captain.
PAUL WATSON video file.

Posted by tipper 2011-12-29 23:33|| 2011-12-29 23:33|| Front Page Top

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