Sea Shepherd’s Gojira almost cut in half by Japanese whalers

According to a press release the Yushin Maru 3 harpoon ship veered hard to port in an effort to ram the stern of the high speed trimaran, Gojira.

The Yushin Maru No. 3 deliberately turned into Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship the Gojira today in an attempt to ram and destroy the fast multi hulled vessel skippered by Captain Locky MacLean.

“It was like staring death in the face when that steel hull suddenly turned into us. We just narrowly avoided being cut in half,” said Captain MacLean.

Both vessels were on a parallel course, with the Yushin Maru No. 3 on the starboard side of the Gojira. Suddenly the Yushin Maru No. 3 made a hard turn to their port in an attempt to disable the Gojira.

Captain MacLean saw this in time to hit the throttle, effectively avoiding collision with the Yushin Maru No. 3 with the stern of the Gojira by a mere 10 feet.

Bamboo spears were thrown at one of the Sea Shepherd delta boats attempting to throw rancid butter on the deck of a harpoon ship.