Reply #55: The Japanese boat was turning to starboard, towards the Ady Gil [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

That is clear from the other 2 videos (one shot from the Japanese ship; 1 from the other #Sea Shepherd ship). That's why it's not a constant bearing. It looks like that in this video too - when they first see the Japanese ship, its motion is more from left to right, as seen in this video, than parallel to any course of the Ady Gil (and note that they were hardly moving through the water until the last moment; I think they accelerated to give themselves enough way to be able to turn).

"In extremis she should have gone right rull back full in stead of full ahead." Perhaps. This was 'in extremis' - they probably didn't think the Japanese ship was going to approach that close until the last few seconds. But how well can you steer that boat going backwards? The Japanese ship targetted the Ady Gil, either to fire the water cannon at it from point blank range, or to ram it; saying "if you'd stayed perfectly still, we'd have missed your bow by a least a metre" is hardly an excuse for them.