I feel like the bob barker is next its my favorite ship in the fleet 😭

Fear not! The Brigitte Bardot is not set to be scrapped or set up as a museum ship,. It was sold to a private buyer through Fraser yacht sales. Whomever was the buyer will likely use it for what it was built to do. Travel all over the world.

Same here, but I think that at the time that choice of name was made she wasn't yet publicly associated with France's extreme right party "Le Front National" and it's then leader JM Lepen. It would be easy too look up I guess but all in all it doesn't change my support for Sea Shepard, everybody makes mistakes.

@@ottodidakt3069 Actually, it’s the other way round. She was close to the Front National as far back as the 90s. The re-naming of the ship was in 2011 and Sea Shepherd Germany even publicly distanced themselves from Bardots racist views. Today, she doesn’t support the FN anymore, but didn’t really denounce her former xenophobic statements, so a bitter taste remains. Anyway, though I don’t support every single decision, I support Sea Shepherd as a whole 100%.

@@leopoldbloom4835 Thanks, that was something I didn't know. I assumed that the ship's named after famous people must have donated a large amount of money to the group. I'll check it out.

What she has done for animals is amazing. I sent a request to the Bardot Foundation seeking her help to protect Australian wildlife and she wrote numerous letters to our Minister for environment. I found it a pleasure dealing with her Foundation and was most impressed by her dedication to animals in need.

Your never going to agree with everything with someone and that doesn't matter, what matters is the protection they want to give to wildlife

Same

the vessel began its life as a sailing yacht and its single ribbed hull can not survive on the ocean and transporting it on a dockwise vessel to campaigns is expensive. Also you should know this is the vessel that sailed through a hurricane and a rouge wave snapped off its pontoons. Before they kicked Paul out he made the decision to retire this vessel and move away from yachts. Interceptors need to be double ribbed are patrol craft vessels they can not be yachts, fishing boats, or schooners the ocean will rip them to shreds. Also they can not be made of wood, PVC, or fiberglass the waves will damage it and the depths will crush it because of this all interceptors need to be steel reinforced and made of carbon fiber. That's why the Conrad was kept and the Bardot and Alchemy were retired.

They stopped hunting whales in Antarctica and now hunt inside their own territorial waters. But I've heard they are thinking of building a new factory ship so might see them trying to return to Antarctica in the future.