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    Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales

    Speedy Power Boat Powered by Human Flab to Circumnavigate the Globe

    Earthrace Boat: Carbon Trimaran Stabs Through Waves, Video
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Calling Captain Stan Marsh! #boats
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    Image of marginaldamage marginaldamage
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    nuke the whales #boats
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/09/09

    @marginaldamage: The phrase in the 70s was actually "Nuke the gay whales" #boats
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    Image of chris.f chris.f
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Wouldnt "radar-deflecting paint" be the opposite of stealth? Just wondering..... #boats
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    11/09/09

    @chris.f: The idea is to DEflect, rather than REflect. If the signal bounces elsewhere instead of straight back, the receiver doesn't see it. #boats
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    Image of A_Rock A_Rock
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    DORPHIN AND WHAREL!!!! #boats
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    Image of scubasteve03 scubasteve03
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Serious question here... What can they actually do besides pull up to the whalers and politely ask them to stop? I think it's a great concept, but I don't know what this accomplishes. #boats
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    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    @scubasteve03: They're not particularly polite. They've rammed whaling vessels a number of times and claim to have sunk ten of them.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/09/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    I'll only find this interesting if they mistake a French Navy boat for Japanese whalers. #boats
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    11/09/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.:

    You have your star! All is RIGHT in the world!

    ---------------For my gal------------------
    Oh my God Becky, Look at her butt, it is SO Big. She looks likes one of those rap guys girlfriends. Who understands those RAP guys?

    My Anaconda DON'T WANT NONE UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS HUN!

    Ok back to the article:

    As far as the ship, that looks pretty awesome. I wish I had me one of those! Besides, I only get sea-sick above the water, not below. And I like the underwater view better as well!
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    I don't know a ton about stealth technology but I would bet there are requirements beyond "black paint" and "looking cool". #boats
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    Image of FritzLaurel FritzLaurel
    11/08/09

    @The Lab: It's "flat" black paint. Duh. #boats
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    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    @The Lab: From the article, it's apparently RADAR DEFLECTING matte black paint.

    So they'll be totally invisible! Until they get harpooned.

    Kinda like your little cousin who thinks wearing camouflage means no one can see him. #boats
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    Image of Thangka Thangka
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    I would imagine the Earthrace is going to be deployed as a tracking vessel. In past seasons, keeping up with the whaling vessels has always been a problem for the Steve Irwin. As has staying at sea for as long as they'd like: They have to leave the processing vessel if they are low on fuel and supplies. So Earthrace could be very useful to the Sea Shepherds simply by keeping tabs on the locations of the whaling vessels when the Steve Irwin can't keep up or isn't able to be there.

    But then there is the fact that Earthrace is a composite hull. The minute ice enters the equation, Earthrace is out of the equation.

    It looks cool though. Maybe it will scare the Japanese away. It reallly lookalike a Batboat with the new paint. #boats
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    Image of spider2544 spider2544
    11/08/09

    @Thangka: my problem is that ice pops up at anytime down there... and their retarted captin loves putting peoples lives at risk for no reason.

    I gotta feeling the people who man this boat in those cold waters will be taking a brisk dip in no time flat. #boats
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    11/08/09

    @spider2544: I read an interview with Paul Watson somewheres, and he said something to the effect of not wanting professional mariners because they wouldn't do what he wanted. And as a former maritime academy cadet, it irked the everloving shit out of me.

    What he is basically saying is that he wants people ignorant to the dangers they are facing. The first line of a survival at sea book that most maritime cadets are assigned reads "Only fools do not fear the sea." From what I sea, looks like they got a ship full o, and probably a long backlist waiting to get on board.

    But I think Earthrace is probably going to be skippered by a much more cautious individual. At least I hope so. #boats
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    Image of spider2544 spider2544
    11/08/09

    @Thangka: you know, I always wondered why they didn't find people with more experience to crew the ships. that makes sense now.

    from watching the show the people out there have no real fear for the situation they are in, and just how dangerous open sea is... much less open arctic seas moving dangerously close to whaling vessels. #boats
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    When need Stan Marsh leading this expedition. #boats
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    Image of jperly jperly
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    The problem here is that there really isn't such a thing as purely 'international waters' anymore. I mean, whose responsibility is it to do something about the great plastic garbage dumps out in the ocean? Properly managing fish stocks of all kinds is a truly planetary concern, as well as the proper management of individual fisheries and their families. And that being said, let's be clear about one thing: in both farming and fishing, there are these myths about the 'little guy'. The vast majority of both are done by humongous multi-nationals that care nothing about anything but profits. I doubt there are very many little fishing outfits running these massive trawlers that go deep into the ocean. I'm a capitalist at heart, I own my own business (12 people) and I am all for the free market, but the excesses always need to be regulated and properly managed. If any organism is allowed unfettered growth it will consume and grow until all resources are depleted, killing itself along with all others. #boats
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Why do environmentalists have such massive boners over whales?
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    longbourne promoted this comment Edited by Yerzriknot at 11/08/09 1:59 PM Yerzriknot was starred Yerzriknot was unstarred
    Image of longbourne longbourne
    11/08/09

    @Yerzriknot: Well, the campaign to save the hissing cockroach couldn't get funding. #boats
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    Image of Digo Digo
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Wait, isn't the goal of protesting the total opposite goal of stealth? #boats
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    Image of KyleW KyleW
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    Why are we promoting comments with vulgarity?? #boats
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    tande04 promoted this comment KyleW was starred KyleW was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/08/09

    @KyleW: Cause:
    A: Comments are automatically promoted when a "stared commenter" comments on them (as yours will be now).

    B. Giz has never been a 'G' website. You keep it in the realm of good taste (don't go just cutting and pasting porn) but some "vulgarity" here and there has always been accepted. In fact I had to re-read everything just to figure what you were talking about. #boats
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    Image of Patrick O'Neill Patrick O'Neill
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
    When the whalers cut that thing clean in half with their big bad whale boat all they need to say is "we did not see anything on our radar". #boats
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/08/09

    @Patrick O'Neill: True, those whaling boats are massive. #boats
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/08/09

    In reply to Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales

    Good luck surviving! I don't particularly care if they succeed or not, but it seems fairly idiotic to resort to uber-stealthification of a batman-ninja-super-boat for "peacable" protests. What they need to do is get themselves a submarine shaped like a giant robotic man-eating mega-whale. That is a far more logical choice.

    #boats
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