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Hoist on their own petard.  The SSCS taught the Japanese Whaling Fleet (JWF) too well and now they are getting their own tactics back at them from the JWF.  In the current wimpy style of Operation Relentless they are running crying to "mommy".  In their case "mommy" are the governments of Australia and New Zealand which one suspects, since one is busy killing sharks and the other too scared to upset trade with Japan, could actually care less.

On the Sea Shepherd Australia website there is yet another Report, also unsigned, about the JWF making a night attack on that intrepid mariner "captPH" in his severely damaged, unseaworthy vessel MS Bob Barker.   This latest Report is full of pompous bombastic language and is entitled "Sea Shepherd Ambushed in Night Attack While Governments Do Nothing".  According to the Report the MS Yushin Maru and MS Yushin Maru No.2 crossed the bow of this floating wreck towing steel cables in an effort to snag the propellers of the MS Bob Barker - wonder where they got that idea?  

In response "captPH" radioed a complaint about violation of the Rules of the Nautical Road well at least he knows those after all he has broken all the Steering and Sailing ones himself.   The JWF responded by shining a searchlight on the Bridge of the MS Bob Barker at which point it appears "captPH" cried to "mommy" - how pathetic.  NAUTICAL LOG is actually beginning to miss "Wats-his-name" at least he was not wimpy, wimpy.  Of course as one reads on into the Report one learns that the SSCS also attacked the JWF from their small boats which in turn came under aggressive response. 

See here "captPH" it is time, before you are hit again and sunk by one of these JWF vessels, to head for a safe port, get a construction survey and either repair or scrap that 60+ years old piece of junk.  NAUTICAL LOG suggests scrap it before you kill crewmembers.

Good Watch.

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