That black smoke was just the soot in the pipe that was really hot. Same thing happens if you pour cold water into a hot pan, it steams up. Did no damage.

To stop an engine with water it has to go into the intake not the exhaust. Even if you filled the pipe while it's running it will just keep running. The piston is forcing gasses out at a very high rate and pressure water will just be pushed around. That's why people put snorkels on four wheelers and other stuff on the intake and leave the exhaust buried in the water. Kinda how if you swim under water and breathe out all the water stays out of your mouth.

The Japanese are probably grateful somebody helped them clean the exhaust pipe. 😂

That was the equivalent of taking a $1 store water pistol outside and shooting it into the exhaust of a running pickup. 😂😂😂

How can you possibly become a chief engineer if you think this would shut down the engine?

The small thermal exhaust port is it's only weakness. You been watching too much Star Wars Sea Shepherds !

Was looking for discovery channel, found Comedy Central 😂😂

this is the most outstanding example of TV trying to build a sense of tension out of drying paint level of action. This could be also recorded in a starbucks with "is this activist gonna burn himself with hot latte? Watch after commercial break!"

so basically they go wash each others boats and call it a day?

If it was that easy the ship would break everytime it rained

add "understand the internal combustion engine" to the list of things the sea shepherds dont know how to do...

This was Almost as effective as laying in the street.

“There was something in their water cannons that made my feet and hands go numb” yea its called high water pressure in cold weather

It's a good thing that ship designers _never_ had any thought about the possibility of water in the engine room and had a plan for getting it out with something like bilges and pumps (which have been standard features on ships for more than a hundred years).

Um, three seconds of water on the exhaust aint gonna do jack. That water turned to steam. You know, this is exactly why its hard to take you guys and this show seriously. Do I agree that we shouldn't be killing whales? Absolutely. Do I think the people at Sea Shepard make a difference? Possibly. When I see the lack of common sense and extremely poor seamanship, I honestly think it wont be long before one of those ships finds itself damaged, adrift, and eventually sunk. I seriously doubt those whaling ships will provide any aid, either. Good luck with that.

I admire and respect the Shepherds courage and moral convictions but I’m just always amazed at their ineptitude and lack of understanding. BTW their high fiving at their achievement reminds me of the old sports adage “never celebrate too soon”.

That "smoke" was steam, the little water yall got in was evaporated immediately

“We hit them for two whole seconds and the engine didn’t stop, so we’re going to try something else” The engine is the size of an apartment, 20 gallons of water isn’t going to do anything.

I mean, they’re clearly attempting to harm that vessel & it’s crew. They must be walking a fine legal line . . .

Its fairly terrifying the guy in charge is that clueless doughboy who sleeps like 15 hours a day and relies on Harry Potter for all his progress reports.

I love how they have a “tough” attitude about other people’s opinions but literally attack others for their opinions.

Most common words uttered "we tried but it didn't work"

If they kept up putting water in the exhaust it would have done it. It was like a splash of rain

I love these battles. It just to ships having an intense water gun fight

So you knocked a little soot off the exhaust stack, well done... haha

They out here having a water fight with each other

Sea Shepherds : we need to target the exhaust pipe with water ,quick!! Me : trying to play bumper cars with the ships

I died when homeboy got mad at the other dude for coming in wet 😂😂 “if you’re gonna get wet you’re gonna get wet” This man is sooo tough but is scared of getting wet while on a boat

Good luck getting enough water down that exhaust engine that size would have no trouble pushing water back out

so the Sea Shepherds are now pirates !!! i will lough out loud when they get hulled !

These joker's don't even know proper radio protocal smh.... This is just modern day kids playing pirate with giant water guns

All they accomplished was an exhaust pipe wash down. Anyone with any naval engineering background is dying of laughter while watching this... Antifa of the sea, the undisciplined children.

These people make me wanna cheer for the whale hunters

A bunch of clowns!!😂

Like pirates of the caribean instead of black powder cannon these guys are having a water fight lol

These hippies are hilarious😂, try next to aim at the blinker fluid reservoir

The only reason I click these videos is to watch the Shepherds fail and get emotional.

The Captain: "Okay, just take up a position and flank them again until we can come up with something else." (as he makes his way toward the exit and leaves the bridge, on his way back to his quarters to put his feet back up, and resume his movie and popcorn)

More appropriately "How to steam clean your opponents exhaust pipe."

So they give it a little drizzle and call it a night... Comedy gold there...

Bruh that's the exhaust vents for ovens LMAO

even if u fill that entire pipe with water an engine that size thats allready running at what i assume is full throttle will push the water back out

Next mission: hanging a huge "kick me" sign on the back of the whaling ship

Its like 2 kids using water squirt and both of them wont admit defeat

Wow!..... and that guy is meant to be the lead engineer???? 🤦🏻‍♂️ lol what a clown.... exhaust temp and output pressure from the ship will not be effected by some water otherwise every time they hit a rogue wave etc they would be stranded 😂 That dude needs sacked

The water probably evaporated before it could get to the engine room.

This is the best series on yt

Deckhand : Sir the Sea Shepard they....they...they're cleaning the exhaust pipes Captain : A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Good plan, why stop so soon. You need LOTS of water down the stack, not a little splash and go away.

You are doing good work i love you Sea shepherds

Ah yes the best water fight i ever saw

I wish theyd run into a ship that treats them like the pirates they pretend to be. Just about every ship these jokers mess with have reasonable legal standing to just start shooting.

Someday someone is going to rpg them out of the water

What a great water fight. I wonder who won that round? Japanese: MINE'S BIGGER!!! LOL

Try to disable my engines on the high seas and I respond with lethal force. Crazy they don't.

Imagine a small group taking these hippies boat with 3 AKs😂🤣

The look of disappointment on their faces though.

It's pretty bad when the Chief Engineer of a sea vessel has zero comprehension of how engines work....

South Park has never been more accurate

It’s a disgrace that their ship is called the “Steve Irwin”

You need water in the intake... not the exhaust!!

“There are no witnesses out here it’s up to us to document what’s happening out here”....ummm like the time your “captain” got shot ? Love your cause, but who can believe anything you guys say...just sayin

IF you could plug the exhaust, it would stall the engine, exhaust can't get out so fuel/air can't get in, but that's a big if. Marine diesel motors need crazy compression to burn diesel, somewhere close to 500psi. You're going to need tons of water. Plus that ship has two stacks = two engines and likely has a fluid bypass to bilge built into the exhausts.

5:30 the look on that guys face, he was like "fuck off Paul."

Anyone that attempts to disable vessels at sea are placing peoples lives and property in danger and need to be arrested. Does that also justify the use of force to protect the vessel and crew? The US and other Navies have done just that several times. Those who sent it and those aboard the vessel that was sent to disable these vessels should also have to pay for any damages and compensation for losses incurred as a result of their actions and be subject to civil claims by the people put in danger as a result of said actions as well. I do not agree with wale hunting, but endangering lives and property at sea as this "organization does to make their point is terrorism in my opinion. If you all want to go to sea to add drama to "fighting" for your cause, without endangering people, then document and report any unlawful fishing activities. Proof of the claims is not difficult to obtain with today's near real time satellite imaging available. For what it costs to man and operate one of these terrorist vessels they could also pay for a lot of international lobbying to change the laws where needed. The methods now employed only serve to give this organization a bad name and take away any respect for their efforts and diminish any chances of making meaningful progress.

That man is a chief engineer just like I'm a general in real life.....

Every episode ends with the phrase 'back to the drawing board'

It’s like 6 year olds having a water fight lol!

And if and when they hire mercs,..........edit the folks on the Shepard are pirates and deserve a pirates fate.

I miss the good old days when they would just use the "Can Opener" to sink vessels.

They were sure this would work. Princess Leia hid the architectural drawings of the Nisshin Maru in the hard drive of a droid and made sure it found its way to Captain Paul Watson.

Whenever you set foot onto a boat, your IQ drops 50%. Every time.

Seems the Sea Shepard are actually pirates.

These people are living proof that birth control should be mandatory for some people.

lol, hits it for one second. thinks they got it 🤣

Good Job Sea Shepherd 👏👍💙.

How do the film crew not just break into a laughing fit at these clowns.

me thinking when Japan starts shooting real guns to protect themselves and sea shepherd is going to be like NO WE DID NOTHING THEY STARTED SHOOTING AT US!!!

I admire their determination, but you can put an exhaust underwater and the engine will still work providing the intake is clear and the timing is good.

First, that wasn't the main engine exhaust, it was the generator exhaust. Will stop the genset with enough water, but is very dangerous due to the over pressure . Second, exploding steel piping is the same as a gernade.

Trying to cripple a ships engine no matter what your cause is especially in that area is bloody ridiculous

or the helicopter should have a release mechanism and fly over the boat and drop something

I always root for the Japanese on this show and am never disappointed.

The water probably turned to steam before one drop got near the engine block 😂

They hit the exhaust for maybe a half second, lol why did they really believe all they had to do was make contact with the exhaust pipe??? They even started celebrating lol wth the mission should have been to get enough water in it to actually flood, seems like they saw a little smoke and for whatever reason thought mission accomplished lol..

Just enough content to make an episode to get paid and then they're on their way

Rotten butter is that how they describe acid as the Chinese say haha

They are badass!

I don't believe for 1 minute that they threw any "rotten butter" at anyone! No chance on this earth Big Paul would part with anything which has a Lard content! The crew possibly threw lumps at him while he rolled around deck like a drunk penguin flapping his arms chowing down on lumps of solid Lard.

Rain: doesn’t shut down ship Sea Shepard: yea, but if we do it, it might happen!

I no it was yrs ago but great jobs guys and girls 😘😘😘😘😘😘

this is literally just one really expensive water gun fight

Good bless the sea shepherd

I think it’s time for the whalers to start arming themselves

When you are so scuzzy that I root for whale killers.

I build ships for a living and theres no way that would shut down an engine in those ships.

This crew of degenerates isnt going to meet a happy ending.

This is piracy on the high sea. The sea shepherd boats need to be sunk and the crews hung for piracy.

So this is what sea battles now look like. Instead of cannon fire its water fire lmao

This flooding the stack idea would be a good idea from a green deckhand, but from the chief engineer?