Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales
Last we heard from Earthrace, the super sleek 78-ft. power boat that runs on its captain's fat, it was circumnavigating the globe. Today, the ship has a new Batman paint job and a new mission: Hunting whalers.
Specifically Japanese whalers. The same Japanese whalers who were made famous by the camera-happy efforts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. You know, the group whose anti-whaling, conservationist exploits on the high seas can be seen on a reality TV show near you, right now?
Now, the paint job and wild design aren't just for aesthetics. Nay, they also turn this sleek trimaran into a radar-deflecting stealth boat. Presumably, this will allow the Earthrace to sidle up to unsuspecting whaling ships, where it will then "protest" peaceably.
The boat leaves Perth on December 7 on a three-month journey alongside the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Steve Irwin to protest Japan's industrial whaling program. Good luck, and be careful. Stealth or not, last I checked matte black wasn't harpoon-proof.
posted by Virgo Websites at
9:27 AM
4 Comments:
Finally Reinforcments have arrived. Finally a weapon that Anti-Whale groups can use. I hate Whaleing.
I SAW THIS OR ONE JUST LIKE IT IN TAMPA. WHEN INSPECTING, THOUGHT IT REMINDED ME OF THE STUPIDITY OF THIN HULLED CRUISERS GOVERNMENTS USED TO BUILD BUT ALSO I IMAGINED IT DOING 70 KNOTS IN OPEN SEA. ITS A TOY WITH FRAGILE POSSIBILITIES BUT TELL ME ITS NOT SUPER COOL JUST TO LOOK AT!
RIP Ady Gil
The "Ady Gil" is now racing through ATLANTIS!
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