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And stop the illegal whaling operations. and you know, there are always risks when you choose to join a sea shepherd campaign. and you're dealing with criminals, illegal poaching. these are ruthless people. they don't back down even if they need to ram the ship. it showed they're willing to do it. >> larry: captain watson, what was the result on the sea shepherds' efforts? >> it was a loss of a $2 million vessel and what's surprising to me is the captain has not been questioned by any authority after ramming and destroying our ship. he got away with it completely. >> larry: do you know who he ...

>> oh, no, it made me even more determined to go back every year and stop the illegal whaling operations and you know there are always risks when you choose to join the sea shepherd campaign and you're dealing with criminals, illegal poaching. these are ruthless people. they don't back down even if they need to ram the ship. it showed they're willing to do it. >> larry: captain watson, what was the result on the sea shepherds' efforts? >> it was a loss of a $2 million vessel and what's surprising to me is the captain has not been questioned by any authority after ramming and destroying our shi...

>> larry: thank you for joining us. you were on the ship when it went down, what happened? >> well we were drifting at the point that, when we got around, we actually had been going after the boat to slow it down, the bob barker could catch it up. we were running very low on fuel. we were actually about to head back to refuel. and we were drifting, letting the ships pass by. one of the last ships that was passing by and as it was passing by at the end it made a sharp turn to the right. it was too late for us to get out of the way. and it rammed us. >> larry: did that change your feelings about...

It was too late for us to get out of the way. and it rammed us. >> larry: did that change your feelings about sea shepherd, did it increase them, what did you think? >> no, it made me more determined to go back every year and stop the illegal whaling operations you know there are always risks when you choose to join the sea shepherd campaign. you are dealing with criminals, illegal poaching. these are ruthless people. they don't back down even if they need to ram your ship. it showed they're welling to do it. >> larry: captain, what was the impact in the loss of the ship on the sea shepherds e...