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Kevin

Kevin

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Thinking about signing up as crew member on board of one of their boats. Since I have 5 months off every winter I figured I could make myself usefull for a month or two sometime in stead of just surfing and drinking beer.

Anyone have any experiance with their organisation? I realise being on a boat for two months aint gonna be no pleasure cruise, but I think it would be an awesome experiance...
 
stevew

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life experience check list does not include being run down by a whaling ship.
 
Westy

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Not a lot of good riding on a boat.

Sounds like it could be a fun adventure, just don't end up getting corn-holed in a Japanese prison.
 
Kevin

Kevin

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You all make very valid points.
Fortunately ive never been one to listen to reason and therefore my life has been better (id say) but certainly more interesting then most peoples.

Ive been following them for some time and i have a lot of respect and admiration for what they do. And as much as I love to surf and drink beer for 4 months on an island in the Caribean again, this id has popped into my head recently and i cant seem to let it go...

So all ridemonkey asshattery aside (which is ofcourse also appreciated), nobody has actual experiance with them?
 
jdcamb

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Most Seaman are from Poland and Lithuania so without the ability to communicate you will come up short. That and they will break back for almost nothing.
 
Westy

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I have no experience with these folks but I have been in two different countries where whale meat is readily available. I will probably watch people eat the stuff in Iceland. I will not partake, have to draw the line somewhere. I will shoot disapproving glances.
 
jstuhlman

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Sounds like a bunch of Sea Skeptics.

Why not just go to Alaska and work on a crab or fishing boat for the season. You'll be on a big boat at sea with a bunch of people you don't know and make some $ too!
 
canadmos

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You should definitely go do that. I'll keep your beer fridge stocked on the beach, for your return. Someone has to do that, right?
 
Westy

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canadmos said:
You should definitely go do that. I'll keep your beer fridge stocked on the beach, for your return. Someone has to do that, right?
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I don't think a beach on Lake Ontario amidst a cloud of midge flies is what anyone was talking about.
 
Sandro

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Westy said:
Libertarians and Tea Baggers with a penchant for the ocean could join up with the Pirates of the Somalian Coast.
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I love it. A pirate ship re badged as USS Palin engaging the Freewinds in a naval battle about Scientology's tax exempt status.

No matter who loses, we win.
 
Westy

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Sandro said:
I love it. A pirate ship re badged as USS Palin engaging the Freewinds in a naval battle about Scientology's tax exempt status.

No matter who loses, we win.
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From a political point of view, Somalia is tea-bagger heaven. No federal anything, open carry everywhere.
 
maxyedor

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velocipedist said:
could join the other side
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Not going to lie, that looks tasty.

As far as the Sea Sheapard goes, I always saw it as a way for rich white kids to feel like they're making a difference while on summer break without having to go somewhere dirty and do manual labor. It's all fun and games until Captain Dickweed gets a couple kids killed ramming a whaling boat.
 
Westy

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maxyedor said:
Not going to lie, that looks tasty.

As far as the Sea Sheapard goes, I always saw it as a way for rich white kids to feel like they're making a difference while on summer break without having to go somewhere dirty and do manual labor. It's all fun and games until Captain Dickweed gets a couple kids killed ramming a whaling boat.
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I was always terrified by their lack of seamanship. Good thing they are willing to die for the cause.
 
IH8Rice

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jonKranked said:
I read an article that the head dickbag of seashepard has to live at sea permanently because he's violated so many laws
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why is he a dickhead? because hes standing up for laws that others wont defend? or because its the cool thing to hate activist who make a difference? hes also not barred to the ocean for life. theres only a few countries that he cant go to because of corrupt governments
 
syadasti

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velocipedist said:
could join the other side
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Great to be on the other side violating international law and poisoning your customers at the same time (The Sea Shepherds can't do both like the Japanese can) . Karma, or rather biomagnification, is a b*tch.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16159-faroe-islanders-told-to-stop-eating-toxic-whales/

Chief medical officers of the Faroe Islands have recommended that pilot whales no longer be considered fit for human consumption, because they are toxic – as revealed by research on the Faroes themselves.

The remote Atlantic islands, situated between Scotland and Iceland, have been one of the last strongholds of traditional whaling, with thousands of small pilot whales killed every year, and eaten by most Faroese.

Anti-whaling groups have long protested, but the Faroese argued that whaling is part of their culture – an argument adopted by large-scale whalers in Japan and Norway.

But today in a statement to the islanders, chief medical officers Pál Weihe and Høgni Debes Joensen announced that pilot whale meat and blubber contains too much mercury, PCBs and DDT derivatives to be safe for human consumption.

“It is with great sadness that this recommendation is provided,” they said. “The pilot whale has kept many Faroese alive through the centuries.”

But in “a bitter irony”, they said, research on the impact of the pollutants on the Faroese themselves has shown that mercury, especially, causes lasting damage.

The work has revealed damage to fetal neural development, high blood pressure, and impaired immunity in children, as well as increased rates of Parkinson’s disease, circulatory problems and possibly infertility in adults. The Faroes data renewed concerns about low-level mercury exposures elsewhere.

The medical officers note that it wasn’t the Faroese who created the pollution. But “these results have already led to tightened restrictions on pollution worldwide. We must therefore also ourselves acknowledge the consequences.”
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jonKranked

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IH8Rice said:
why is he a dickhead? because hes standing up for laws that others wont defend? or because its the cool thing to hate activist who make a difference? hes also not barred to the ocean for life. theres only a few countries that he cant go to because of corrupt governments
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it was an article on the internet. don't be so angry. i can picture you crushing a breakfast sandwich while reading this thread.
 
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