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I got this snippet from the Marshall Islands requirements for yacht registry:

[I]"No Minimum Safe Manning Certificate is required; however, owners should follow the guidelines provided in the National Safety Code.[/I]

[I]Qualification as Yacht Master or equivalent is recommended on private yachts of 24 meters or more in length or 80 gross tons and above, and qualification as Engineer is also recommended on private yachts of 1200 kW main engine power and/or 500 gross tons and above. Relevant qualifications should be according to size, propulsion power, and area of operation. Guidelines are provided in the National Safety Code."[/I]
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[COLOR=black]Now, I am aware that this isn’t the Dutch requirement, but I would imagine that it is roughly the same.[/COLOR]

I stand corrected on the COLREGS, MARPOL, etc.

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[QUOTE=cmakin;20538]I got this snippet from the Marshall Islands requirements for yacht registry:

[I]"No Minimum Safe Manning Certificate is required; however, owners should follow the guidelines provided in the National Safety Code.[/I]

[I]Qualification as Yacht Master or equivalent is recommended on private yachts of 24 meters or more in length or 80 gross tons and above, and qualification as Engineer is also recommended on private yachts of 1200 kW main engine power and/or 500 gross tons and above. Relevant qualifications should be according to size, propulsion power, and area of operation. Guidelines are provided in the National Safety Code."[/I]
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[COLOR=black]Now, I am aware that this isn’t the Dutch requirement, but I would imagine that it is roughly the same.[/COLOR]

I stand corrected on the COLREGS, MARPOL, etc.[/QUOTE]

“Recommended”. Ta da.

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What is the Ta da about? The references provided show Steve Irwin is a Dutch flagged fisheries support vessel. Dutch maritime regulations concerning fisheries support vessels are the ones that matter, not some other nation’s yacht code.

It is not a private yacht and it is certainly not a Marshall Islands flagged private yacht so why are private yacht regulations even part of this discussion?

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may be barking up the wrong tree…when the UK deregistered the steve Irwin…sea shepard reflagged it Dutch…when and if the Dutch deregister the vessel they will just find some other flag of convience…money still “talks” in that game…must be some other avenue available to “monkey wrench their cogwheel”??

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“…[I]must be some other avenue available to ‘monkey wrench their cogwheel’??”[/I]

Gee, that sure sounds a lot like the conversations they have on the Steve Irwin. How is this one different?

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After last exchange of info - I am more and more sure the way to do this is court order for detention for damages they created on whaler.

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[QUOTE=seadawg;20575]may be barking up the wrong tree…when the UK deregistered the steve Irwin…sea shepard reflagged it Dutch…when and if the Dutch deregister the vessel they will just find some other flag of convience…money still “talks” in that game…must be some other avenue available to “monkey wrench their cogwheel”??[/QUOTE]

Watson should re-flag it US. The Koreans are doing it with much success, and congress is most happy to provide the exemptions to the USC that facilitates their raping and pillaging of the ocean.

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10.11.2009 A record-breaking trimaran speedboat – with skull and crossbones on its sides – is set to join anti-whaling activists in Antarctica.

The Ady Gil, previously known as the Earthrace, will next month launch from Australia to confront Japanese whale-hunting trawlers.

As Earthrace, the bio-diesel powered boat went round the world in 2008 in a record-breaking 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes, smashing the previous record by two weeks. The boat is capable of speeds up to 50 knots and can “submarine” through large waves.

Last month the boat was acquired by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and renamed to honour the Californian benefactor who helped buy the ship. The Ady Gil will now join the larger Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin.

Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd founder, said he intends to use the Ady Gil to intercept and physically block the harpoon ships from slaughtering whales.

“We’re very excited that the Ady Gil will be joining the Steve Irwin in Antarctica this campaign. With these two ships, we will mount the most ambitious and aggressive effort to date to obstruct the slaughter of the whales in the Southern Ocean,” he said in a press release.

Chuck Swift, deputy CEO in charge of ship’s operations, added, “The Ady Gil gives us the speed necessary to catch and stay with the Japanese whaling fleet. We are very optimistic that with these two ships, and some other surprises, we will shut down whaling in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.”

Mr. Watson, a former member of the Canadian Coast Guard, co-founded the Greenpeace Foundation in 1972, then founded the breakaway group Sea Shepherd in 1977.

Last April the Canadian government put the ship Farley Mowat up for sale after seizing it from Sea Shepherd in April 2008, after a confrontation with a Canadian Coast Guard ship off Nova Scotia, during the annual seal hunt.

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I WILL QOUTE THE LAST PART:
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Last April the Canadian government put the ship Farley Mowat up for sale after seizing it from Sea Shepherd in April 2008, after a confrontation with a Canadian Coast Guard ship off Nova Scotia, during the annual seal hunt.
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OBVOUSLY THE CANADIAN GOVT FOUND THE WAY TO SEIZE THE SHIP AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH C.G.

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after consulting my crystal ball…it has a crack in it by the way…suspect if the Dutch jerk their flag off the Steve Irwin, the next FoC for sea shepard will have the southern cross on it!!

**any one know where the ady gil / ex-earthrace is registered??

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Two articles from cdnn,
the japs take action against them.
Tora-tora-tora!

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[B][U]Japan budget cuts may harpoon whaling[/U][/B]
November 13, 2009
TOKYO, Japan — There are hints that Japan’s review of government spending in a number of areas could diminish the billions of yen spent each year to sustain the country’s annual whaling excursions to the oceans around Antarctica.
Greenpeace sent an alert around about the budget review just before President Obama flew to Japan.
For the moment, it’s unclear whether the whaling program — which Japan has long cast as important scientific research but many biologists and activists decry — is in danger, according to our Tokyo reporters.
In the meantime, Paul Watson, who has brought the skill set of P. T. Barnum (and some would say Blackbeard) to the realm of marine conservation, recently unveiled the Ady Gil, a new weapon in the whale wars between his group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and Japan.
The high-speed boat, named for the California donor who paid two-thirds of its $1.5 million price tag, is ready to chase Japan’s speedy whale-hunting vessels when the killing begins.
by ANDREW C. REVKIN

[B][U]Netherlands agrees to take action against Sea Shepherd[/U][/B]
October 28, 2009
TOKYO, Japan — Japan on Monday urged the Netherlands to take action against the Dutch-registered flagship of the Sea Shepherd environmentalist group over its attacks on Japanese whalers in the Antarctic.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said he made the request when he met his Dutch counterpart Jan Peter Balkenende, now on his four-day visit to the country.
“I asked as a flag state to handle the obstruction of maritime safety,” Hatoyama told reporters at a joint news conference with Balkenende.
The Dutch premier replied: "As to whaling, I explained the Dutch government is working on a change in the law that would make it possible to take adequate measures against Dutch ships that commit unlawful acts."
He added: "We disagree about whaling… but we do not disagree on the importance of safety at sea."
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has repeatedly harassed Japanese whaling vessels as the group’s ship rammed into Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters and its crew threw bottles filled with chemicals.
Japan hunts whales by using a loophole in the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling that allows whales to be killed for “lethal research,” and Tokyo often accuses western critics of insensitivity toward its culture.

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After canadian made their move and seized one vessel, the Dutch are making next move.
It seams that the world is getting smaller for mr. Watson.

BTW - re: law.
The Japs wrapped it up in “safety at sea” legal action, played by two flag states.
Nota bene - not a move against the “piracy” or something like it.

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[QUOTE=cameliamary;21233]
I not think so
i think the whale to big that seaman cannt catch them up nor unprofessional as you said[/QUOTE]

Me no understand.

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Hate to revive a dead thread, but I found this interesting as to more insight on their effort to stop the murderers through the use of a ‘stealth boat’…

Kevin

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[quote=Kevin;21881]Hate to revive a dead thread, but I found this interesting as to more insight on their effort to stop the murderers through the use of a ‘stealth boat’…

Kevin

http://www.theage.com.au/national/wail-for-whales-stealth-boat-to-blast-japanese-20091130-k18l.html[/quote]

Whose side are you on???

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The Dutch decided to let them keep the Dutch Flag. SO I guess it is OK to ram vessels to the Dutch so they better not complain when the Japnaese ram the SI or Earthrace. this year.

And the Ady Gil/Earthrace just arrived in Hobart. If someone could find out teh ship registration info on it I would appreciate it. And anyway to track its location as well as the SI location. I have seen websites that show locations of sailing ships before

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Ady Gil is New Zealand flagged. Contact the New Zealand registry of shipping online and you can pay them for the details.

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The murderer comment was poking fun at what they call the Japs. Im there friend on facebook to see their propaganda and the mighty paul watson put something up about how theyr about to depart to stop the murderers , those sea shepherds are unreal.:rolleyes:

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[LEFT]LOL The LRAD on the Ady Gil is just a series of 9000w capable speakers. Not an actual LRAD. no directional capability. It will be like having a really load stereo in your car.
I have yet to see the “HIGH POWERED” water cannon that they claim to have installed on the MV Steve Irwin.
EDIT: water cannon spotted
http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/rw/1028875/Ship+Photo+STEVE+IRWIN.JPG
Starboard side of the ship sticking out. How strong do you think it is? I don’t know how they plan on using it unless they plan on using to to spray the whaling crew off their decks I need to know a way to disable it.
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EDIT: water cannon spotted
http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/rw/1028875/Ship+Photo+STEVE+IRWIN.JPG

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Yah I enjoy letting my anchor hang in the water also.

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Land Lover here… isn’t an anchor suppose to be in the water?

And can someone tell me a little bit about the water cannon that they have? They claim it is really powerful. It looks like it was made rather then purchased