Report: Skippers to blame in whale protest sinking
Peter Bethune
Bethune  the Ady Gil skipper  said he was happy the report acknowledged his vessel had right of way over the Japanese ship.
 "They're the boat that ran the red light " he told The Associated Press  adding that the report confirmed the Shonan Maru No. 2 had made an abrupt turn seconds before the impact.
 "As I look at it he was intending to take our boat out and that's what ended up happening " he said.
 He admitted failing to keep a proper lookout  but said when an 18-ton vessel is facing an 800-ton vessel "you don't expect them to turn in and run you over. The Japanese just disobeyed all of the rules."
 In mid-February  Bethune was taken into custody after secretly boarding the Shonan Maru No. 2. His said he wanted to make a citizen's arrest of the ship's captain and hand over a $3 million bill for the destruction of the Ady Gil.
 The Institute of Cetacean Research called Bethune's actions "a form of piracy " and the whaling ship returned to Japan with him aboard. He spent five months in a Japanese jail before being convicted of an array of charges and deported.
 Bethune  who became estranged from Sea Shepherd after his arrest  has alleged that the Ady Gil could have been salvaged after the crash but that the group ordered him to deliberately allow it to sink to garner support for its anti-whaling campaign. Sea Shepherd countered that Bethune made the decision to let the ship sink.
Bethune  the Ady Gil skipper  said he was happy the report acknowledged his vessel had right of way over the Japanese ship.
 "They're the boat that ran the red light " he told The Associated Press  adding that the report confirmed the Shonan Maru No. 2 had made an abrupt turn seconds before the impact.
 "As I look at it he was intending to take our boat out and that's what ended up happening " he said.
 He admitted failing to keep a proper lookout  but said when an 18-ton vessel is facing an 800-ton vessel "you don't expect them to turn in and run you over. The Japanese just disobeyed all of the rules."
 In mid-February  Bethune was taken into custody after secretly boarding the Shonan Maru No. 2. His said he wanted to make a citizen's arrest of the ship's captain and hand over a $3 million bill for the destruction of the Ady Gil.
 The Institute of Cetacean Research called Bethune's actions "a form of piracy " and the whaling ship returned to Japan with him aboard. He spent five months in a Japanese jail before being convicted of an array of charges and deported.
 Bethune  who became estranged from Sea Shepherd after his arrest  has alleged that the Ady Gil could have been salvaged after the crash but that the group ordered him to deliberately allow it to sink to garner support for its anti-whaling campaign. Sea Shepherd countered that Bethune made the decision to let the ship sink.