Antarctica – The Ady Gil, which YachtPals readers will remember as the Earthrace Biodiesel Rocket, has sunk from damage it received during a collision with a Japanese whaling ship earlier this week. As you can see in this video footage of the crash, the whaling ship Shonan Maru 2 collided near the bow of the whaling protest boat Ady Gil while firing water cannons at the boat’s crew, seen diving for safety. Â
One of the protesters suffered broken ribs during the boat collision. New Zealander Simeon Houtman says he was …Â Details
A violent clash between a conservation boat and a Japanese whaler has left the smaller boat badly damaged. Both sides are trading blame for the collision, which took place in Antarctic waters.
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