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EDIT: sorry, complete brain fart. The Ady Gil was in the other boats "danger zone", meaning the Gil had the right of way not the whaling vessel as I first sta
by brk 17y ago
EDIT: sorry, complete brain fart. The Ady Gil was in the other boats "danger zone", meaning the Gil had the right of way not the whaling vessel as I first stated.
Both captains still had a duty to avoid the collision overall.
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Hard to tell from the videos, but it looks like at first the Ady Gil was stopped, but then appears to motor forward as the Japanese ship gets closer.
Without the precursor video, it's a tough call. According to maritime navigation rules, the Ady Gil would have been the "give way" vessel in this situation, meaning the large ship had the right of way. Unless the Ady Gil as disabled and/or had lost significant maneuverability.
I don't support the whaling "study", based on what I've read, however from an analytical standpoint the blame for this would seem to lie with the captain of the Gil. He/She either failed to give way and/or put the passengers and the ship in an unneccessarily dangerous position, especially when you consider how much other open water was available in the area for navigation.
- nfnaaron 17y agoThey were hosing the boat down. Were they repelling boarders? Is that legal if not? They seemed to me to make a deliberate right turn. Regardless of who had the right of way, is that legal? Maybe the ocean made them do it, but I don't think so. One hostile action (hosing) lends credence to another hostile action (deliberate collision). I hope both parties turn to whatever governing body is appropriate to assign fault and penalty.
- boredguy8 17y agoI see the increased wake you're talking about, but that looks like it's at the very last few seconds and the captain of the Ady Gil is trying to turn about. The second video, the other vessel makes a radical change in direction.