Video of Ady Gil - formerly Earthrace - rammed by Japanese whalers?
by www.powerboat-world.com on 7 Jan 2010
Collision point as Ady Gil, the former Earthrace become splintering carbon fibre. SW
This video shot from the protest vessel Bob Barker appears to show the Shonan Maru 2 steering directly at the 24 metre (78 foot) carbon fibre trimaran Ady Gil, formerly Earthrace.
The Ady Gil, low on fuel and prepare to head north to refuel, was at a standstill and farewelling fellow activists on board the Bob Barker when the incident happened, according to its skipper, Pete Bethune, the New Zealander, who powered the boat as Earthrace around the world in 60 days.
Bethune said the 1000-tonne Japanese ship turned towards the 18-tonne Ady Gil from about 75 metres away when most of its crew were on deck.
'We thought they were going to turn a water cannon on us and I told my crew to brace for that,' he said.
'Then they T-boned my boat. It was just massive. It's finished. It's been my life for four years, and now it's gone. It's a miracle we all survived.'
Watch the full sequence here.
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