![]() ![]() The vessel was cut clean in half and her engines flooded. Pete Bethune had a phone call with the designer of the boat who gave him the opinion that the vessel could not be salvaged. 2 came across the floating half sunk hulk of the Ady Gil the next day. Proof of this is that the Japanese crew on the Shonan Maru No. The vessel was not sunk, it was abandoned and the decision to abandon it was made by Pete Bethune. Pete Bethune made the decision to abandon the vessel and Australian Maritime Safety was informed of the fact because it would be a navigational hazard. I said, “It is Pete’s boat and thus Pete’s decision.” This conversation was recorded for the program Whale Wars. They could not make any progress and with a storm on the horizon the waterlogged halfsunk Ady Gil would soon become a hazard to the Bob Barker.įinally the Captain of the Bob Barker called me as asked what to do. The Bob Barker towed it for 35 hours and it was like towing an open bucket through the water. Towing it back 2000 miles to New Zealand was impossible. Despite this the crew of the Bob Barker not only saved the lives of the Ady Gil crew they thought they might be able to tow it to the French Research base in Antarctica. The Ady Gil was cut in two and unsalvageable. I was 250 miles away at the time of the incident. That is the result of the official investigation which contradicts these allegations by Gil. New Zealand Maritime Safety investigated the collision and their report clearly states that the loss of the Ady Gil was caused by 50% negligence by Pete Bethune and 50% negligence by the Japanese whalers. One only needs to watch the video to see that Bethune negligently stopped his ship in the path of the whaling vessel and it was cut in half. Peter Bethune was never under my command and I did not give him any order and I certainly did not order him to destroy his own ship. They were not Sea Shepherd crew except for one Sea Shepherd member on board as a liaison. Ady Gil bought the vessel from Bethune and hired him to be the skipper of the vessel. The Ady Gil was owned by Ady Gil and skippered by Peter Bethune. Gil’s strange lawsuit until after we have chased the whalers from the Southern Ocean this year, but when we do get around to answering him, I am sure our lawyers will have little trouble dismissing this suit as petty and frivolous. I really don’t have the time to deal with Mr. Courts filed by Japan at the same time I have been made a fugitive based on accusations by his skipper Pete Bethune. He also waited until we were battling an injunction by the U.S. His timing is also mystifying in that he waited three years and filed this suit just as we arrived in the Sanctuary this year to protect the whales. It seems like Ady Gil is simply frustrated that he could not get justice from the Japanese whalers who did sink his boat and has decided to lash out at us instead. This lawsuit filed by Ady Gil is somewhat mystifying. Response from Captain Paul Watson to the Ady Gil Lawsuit Watson says Bethune eventually made the decision to abandon the vessel in the open water because the damage was so extreme, he couldn't tow it to port for repairs.īottom line - Watson says he shouldn't be held responsible for the fate of the boat because "the Ady Gil was not a Sea Shepherd ship and was not under my command."Ĭheck out Watson's entire statement after the jump. Watson adds, "Peter Bethune was never under my command and I did not give him any order and I certainly did not order him to destroy his own ship." Watson says he was 250 miles away from the boat at the time of the crash. Watson says there is video of the crash that backs up his story. Watson claims the person who should REALLY get the blame for the crash is the ship's captain - Peter Bethune - who "negligently stopped his ship in the path of the whaling vessel and it was cut in half." "It seems like Ady Gil is simply frustrated that he could not get justice from the Japanese whalers who did sink his boat and has decided to lash out at us instead." In his suit, Gil says the ship suffered minor damage in a fender bender with a Japanese whaling ship in 2010 and could have been repaired - but Watson secretly had the ship destroyed so he could blame the whalers and gain publicity for his animal rights group.īut, in a statement to TMZ, Watson denies ANY wrongdoing and says. Watson is being sued by the ship's namesake Ady Gil - who claims he owned the vessel and leased it to Watson's Sea Shepherd organization. and is now pointing the finger at the ship's captain. Paul Watson - the animal rights activist who stars on " Whale Wars" - tells TMZ he's been FALSELY accused of sinking the famous Ady Gil anti-whaling ship. ![]()
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