Reply #18: NZ was not the cognizant maritime authority but as a sovereign

[ProgressiveProfessor]

nation with citizens and a vessel involved in the melee, were free to issue a report. Furthermore, as I recall the Japanese refused to participate or provide any data or personnel to participate. The NZ report is at best incomplete and non-binding.

The video analysis gets interesting since all platforms were moving in relation to each other. Without the vectors from all vessels, as well as FOV analysis and other basic data points, any reconstruction would have weak points. Pretty clear why the Japanese declined to play.

The reality was that the Ady Gil was playing chicken with a larger and more substantial vessel and lost.


All that said, I had indeed forgotten the NZ report.

Edit to add: Originally Japan said they would not provide anything. Apparently they changed their minds somewhat. Interesting report.