this could be the newest Sea Shepherd vessel replacing the Ady Gil -->>

[nashville_brook]

Sunday, October 24, 2010
Sea Shepherd Unveils Interceptor Vessel to Target Illegal Whaling

At a Hollywood fundraiser on Saturday night, we shared with supporters our desire to add the Ocean Adventurer to our fleet for our upcoming 2010-2011 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign, Operation No Compromise.

The 12-year-old, 115-foot, stabilized monohull vessel would fill the role of fast interceptor, replacing the Ady Gil, the vessel that the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed and destroyed on January 6th of this year.

This expedition will be our seventh campaign to oppose the illegal activities of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and we hope it will be our last season. During the past six campaigns, we have saved the lives of nearly 2,000 whales and exposed illegal Japanese whaling activities to the entire world. Last season, we were able to save more whales than the Japanese whalers were able to kill. Five hundred and twenty-eight (528) whales are alive and swimming in the sea because our supporters enabled us to intervene by underwriting our ships and crews.



Each year, because of our supporters, we have become stronger and more effective. Through patience, determination and persistence, we are driving the Japanese whaling fleet into debt and closer to the day they will retreat from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

We are confident that with your help, we will see our most effective campaign ever with Operation No Compromise. Our ships, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, are currently being prepared for the campaign. We have recruited the best crew we can assemble. Our only challenge now is to raise the funds for the Ocean Adventurer.

With three ships, we will once again be able to track and intervene against the poachers in the Southern Ocean for the entire season. Our goal is to save more whales this coming season than we did during the last season and to shut down whaling in the Southern Ocean permanently.

Please help us save whales by supporting Operation No Compromise and make a donation today!


http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-101024-1.html

[NYC_SKP]

1. Cool, but they've got to steer clear of the Japanese ships...

Last time they put themselves to close to the potential path of the oncoming ship and were caught unawares, they need to expect the worst case scenarios and not repeat that last horrid attack on them.

Let the inflatables do the close work, or do the work from a greater distance.

This fast ship is too valuable to put into harms way.

Great news!

:applause:

[nashville_brook]

3. hopefully that's a lesson well learned!

they're raising money for this ship -- but, i bet that there's little doubt they'll get it. otherwise they wouldn't have the Sea Shep logo on it already.

[petronius]

20. Isn't that just a photoshop of the image in post #5?

They even recolored the guy standing next to the radar mast at the stern...

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. Are you kidding?

Do you think he'd have the donations to consider this new boat without the publicity which came from scuttling the last one?

[ZombieHorde]

2. Cool looking boat. Looks like Batman's boat. nt

[nashville_brook]

4. The Bat Boat.

[NYC_SKP]

5. Some links. The new ship, "Ocean Adventurer", has cable and wireless!!! =:^)-

It'll do 24 knots.

http://ocean-adventurer.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_7_Adventurer



:P

[nashville_brook]

7. thanks for the links -- wow, this could be a really interesting year for the Sea Sheps!

and a good one for the whales! i've got hope.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Interesting in your article that they mention this being the "last year" of the campaign...

...which I take to be an optimistic assessment of the success of the campaign.

I don't see the Japanese whaling industry giving up, however, and I imagine this continuing for some time.

If they are successful, there are other marine industries that need action, maybe they can move over to The Cove and take care of business.

[lumberjack_jeff]

14. It's more of an optimistic assessment of the fundraising.

It's time for the captain to retire to someplace warm.

[onestepforward]

21. Good news on the Cove front.

The Sea Shepherds currently have members at the Cove. They arrived on 8/31/10 and have been posting daily reports. Here is the report from today:

http://www.seashepherd.org/dolphins/report-from-taiji-october-25.html

[petronius]

19. Is that a hot tub down in that deck opening?

Looks like fun, but I don't get the announcement - is this just wishful thinking from the SSCS, or have they actually chartered the boat?

[lonestarnot]

6. Good, so now are they back at it?

[depakid]

8. Summer's fast approaching in the Southern Hemisphere...

[PJPhreak]

9. It's Bigger. It's Badder. Ladies and gentlemen, it's too much for

The Shōnan Maru 2!

Edit for correct Whaling Ship name.

[nashville_brook]

17. the Ady Gil was poised to give it hell last season...i bet they've polished up their

strategy, knowing better how to use an "interceptor."

it's all about the money -- slow down the hunt until it's no longer profitable.

[L0oniX]

11. So cool ...even James Bond wants to crew on it.

:D

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. The builders of those things are geniuses.

Keep selling vessels completely unsuited to high latitude oceans to a captain who'll scuttle them to increase publicity amongst the rich widows who donate. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Lots more plastic and carbon fiber where the last one came from.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

15. Err not so much. Neither craft was built with that in mind

That Watson can continue to successfully peddle his bilge water as champagne however is true genius at work

[flvegan]

16. I LOVE it!

I bet they raise the money. Suck it, whalers!

[nashville_brook]

18. yeah! i'm thinking they've got to have it in the bag already or else they wouldn't be promoting

it yet. i'm loving the badassness of it. NYC-SKIP posted links where there's a gallery of pics. it's much bigger than the Ady Gil. 24 knots. hot damn.

[onestepforward]

22. Awesome!

She's a beauty!
:D

[lonestarnot]

23. Go Sea Shepherd!