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TGIF: Don't Mess with the Japanese!
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Posted on: July 4, 2008 6:05 AM, by Kevin Zelnio
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Whoa! Now THAT'S a boarding action!
(applauds)
The MadPanda, FCD
Posted by: The MadPanda | July 4, 2008 8:23 AM
Not too bad, but you should find someone in the Hong Kong boat police to talk to. A friend of my parents has been in it for 30 years or so, and has various stories, including the use of your own 50knot speedboats prow to knock the outboard engines off the smugglers high speed speedboat.
At high speed.
Or marine boarding actions at similar velocities.
Posted by: guthrie | July 4, 2008 10:48 AM
the japanese are really aggressive.
Posted by: Kayleene | July 5, 2008 12:50 AM
... and skilled! Boarding a boat like that is definitely not an easy thing to do.
Posted by: Peter | July 5, 2008 11:17 AM
I've been reading O'Brian so this fits right in with my mental landscape ...okay, a bit modern ...and with engines, but still.
Posted by: Karen James | July 9, 2008 1:25 PM