06.01.2010 ~ Ady Gil
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:17:03
The Ady Gil getting sliced by the Shonan Maru No.2. I'm not going to comment on the Whale Whores misuse of their sleek black, freshly donated, 24 meter $2.5 million "non-confrontational", "stealth" trimaran (inhales)... that would be redundant and add to the abundant free publicity they're currently drown in*.
I'm just going to briefly mention that once upon a time this vessel was known as the Earthrace and had been tasked with showcasing environmentally friendly tech by breaking the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a motorized boat (in an impressive 60 days 23 hours and 49 minutes!).
It briefly berthed beside the Sean O'Casey bridge in Dublin back in 2007 where I took the following grainy pix:
More info:
- The Earthrace site
- The Ady Gil and the rest of the Sea Shepherd 'fleet' (google cache version)
- The South Park Whale Whores episode
* I really wanted to title this post "Despite its face" ...