The footage of the previous 3 hours has no bearing on fault in the collision. The Ady Gil was not under way for over a minute leading up to impact and the Whaler made numerous course corrections over the course of nearly 3 minutes to put itself into an attack position on an at the time non harassing vessel.
It does not matter if at the last moment the Captain of the Whaler tried to avoid them because the Captain of the Whaler is the only one responsible for the too close approach that resulted in the collision. There were many times the Whaler could have easily maintained course and not made a close approach; 2 minutes before, 1 minute before, 30 seconds before, even 20 seconds before impact if the Whaler had kept to course there would have been no collision.
Inside 20 seconds before impact the Whaler Captain obviously turns hard starboard to make the too close approach. The Ady Gil is still not under way and the possible water cannon induced forward thrust of the AG does not happen for another 15 seconds (when the water cannon spray hits the cockpit).
While the Whaler may not be able to turn on a dime, it sure turned on a quarter, right into a life endangering predicament caused solely by the Whaler Captain.
It does not matter if at the last moment the Captain of the Whaler tried to avoid them because the Captain of the Whaler is the only one responsible for the too close approach that resulted in the collision. There were many times the Whaler could have easily maintained course and not made a close approach; 2 minutes before, 1 minute before, 30 seconds before, even 20 seconds before impact if the Whaler had kept to course there would have been no collision.
Inside 20 seconds before impact the Whaler Captain obviously turns hard starboard to make the too close approach. The Ady Gil is still not under way and the possible water cannon induced forward thrust of the AG does not happen for another 15 seconds (when the water cannon spray hits the cockpit).
While the Whaler may not be able to turn on a dime, it sure turned on a quarter, right into a life endangering predicament caused solely by the Whaler Captain.