When two ships meet at sea they dont play chicken until theyve determined the comparative tonnages.

It doesn't take a very close eye to tell the difference between a seadoo, a medium sized powered boat and a large ocean vessel. It's pretty safe to say in this case both sides were aware of the significant differences.

The give-way vessel (whalers) must take early and substantial action to keep well clear.
The stand-on vessel (trimaran) may take action to avoid collision if it becomes clear that the give-way vessel is not taking appropriate action.

And from this clip we have no idea what early action the whalers took. I made it through one episode of the show following the Sea Shepherd crew, and if that was any indication at all you can be certain that the trimaran did everything in it's power to get directly in the way of the whalers ship. They are the ones who's entire method IS based on playing chicken with the whalers vessels. They call their small boats like this their 'attack' craft for pity sake.

When you've got a small agile craft trying to collide and otherwise mess with a ship this much larger, the blame for what happens is entirely on the smaller agile ship, the larger ship couldn't avoid a collision without going to full stop and waiting for the trimaran to go away. Experience shows that even if they do full stop the trimaran's crew will then try to board them. I don't blame them for not going to full stop every time these guys try to attack and threaten them.

Apparently you've never driven a boat before or if you did you were a hazard to other vessels if you were at sea thinking that way. When two ships meet at sea they dont play chicken until theyve determined the comparative tonnages.

There are specific rules to follow to prevent collisions at sea. The Japanese ship didnt follow them and then after ramming the trimaran and nearly cutting it in two they tried to hose the crew into the freezing water. The work of cunts imo.

Briefly:
A steamer gives way to a sailing ship.

When two power-driven vessels are crossing, the vessel which has the other on the starboard side must give way.

The give-way vessel (whalers) must take early and substantial action to keep well clear.

The stand-on vessel (trimaran) may take action to avoid collision if it becomes clear that the give-way vessel is not taking appropriate action. Hence throttling up to get the boat moving to get out of the way of the ship (not to mention sonic weapons and water cannons), not to be cut in half or run over.

No collision can happen between two passing ships whilst a Green(starboard) light is opposed to a Green light or a Red(port) to Red.

PORT is the left-hand side of a ship looking to the bow, and is denoted at night by a red light.

STARBOARD is the right-hand side, and is denoted after dark by a green light.

If to your starboard RED appear,
It is your duty to keep clear;
To act as judgment says is proper;
To Port — or Starboard — Back — or Stop her!
But when upon your Port is seen
A Steamer's Starboard Light of GREEN,
There's not so much for you to do,
For GREEN to Port keeps clear of you.



>> ^bcglorf:
>> ^vaporlock:
I don't give a f^ck what your political bent is. You can't ram a ship in the middle of the ocean. They will be able to buy twenty of those little boats after the lawyers get done with them. WTF

Apparently you've never driven a boat before. One of the most basic rules is that the largest ship ALWAYS has the right of way. The reason is fundamental physics, the larger the ship, the more momentum it has meaning stopping or turning it is going to take much longer. A small boat like the one here doesn't get by hit a large ship like this unless it gets too close ON PURPOSE.
A boat that much smaller could literally run circles around the larger ship all day long and no matter how hard the larger ship tried it could never ram the smaller boat, it's just too slow and unwieldy by comparison.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'whale wars escalate, japanese, whaling, southern ocean' to 'sea shepherd, ady gil, ship, trimaran, japanese, whaler, whale wars, collision' - edited by Sagemind

>> ^Wingoguy:
Go-fast boats are not small hydroplaning vessels. They have a standard V-hull design which using displacement to keep itself afloat. They simply use enormous amounts of power to muscle their way through the water; they have no specific design feature to reduce drag.
Compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c65F3Bvn2y8
This will only work on nearly flat surfaces as well, not suitable for open ocean drug smuggling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-fast_boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxSWupqcRY



1. All those "go fast boats" are tiny in comparison to vessels used in naval combat.
2. They have a smaller displacement when moving quickly than when stationary -- i.e. they're hybrids, receiving a significant part of their lift from hydroplaning.

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*promote

I second that. I've been on a hyrofoil boat once and I love the feeling of flying on a boat. You seem to hover over the water. That Trimaran would be so sweet.