Looks like this guy is going to help the Sea Shepherds to try and stop illegal Japanese whalers because he got pissed this was happening in his backyard and that he had a boat that could do something about it.

Here’s a quote from the owner who’s prepping the ship so it can do battle in the Antarctic waters:

“We’re adding between 8 layers and 4 layers of kevlar, depending on area, all over the underwaterline sections, as well as some areas above the waterline. Earthrace is pretty much all carbon, which is brittle, especially as it gets colder. The kevlar adds impact resistance. It does not make it iceproof, it just limits the damage when we do end up scraping some ice. Earthrace though is quite vulnerable down there, so we will need to be especially carfeul. Antarctica is very unforgiving.”

www.ecorazzi.com/2009/08/28/exclusive-the-earthrace-begins-a-sea-shepherd-transformation/